Category: Religion

EASTER: FG Declares Friday, Monday Work Free Days

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The Federal Government has declared Friday 30th March and Monday 2nd April, 2018 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to employ the spiritual ethos of Easter, which includes love, peace and sacrifice, in contributing to the unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. Gen. Dambazau also urged Nigerians to remain supportive of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in…

FRIDAY SERMON: THEY THREW AWAY THE BOOK OF ALLAH BEHIND THEIR BACKS AS IF THEY DID NOT KNOW! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Servants and Messenger. Dear Brothers and Sisters! The objectives of my today’s Sermon is to recall the main parts of the marriage ceremony, to consider the importance of marriage in Islam, and to condemn the activities of those Muslims playing with and mocking their creator (Allah) in their marriage celebrations. Dear Servants of Allah!…

FAILED PUBLIC HEARING: MURIC SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY … Calls for Judiciary Clean up

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The public hearing organized by the House Committee on Judiciary and Justice failed to hold for the second time yesterday, Wednesday Several Muslim groups that appeared for the purported hearing were disappointed as the Chairman of the committee, Hon. Razaq Atunwa, explained that an interlocutory injunction seeking to stop the hearing had been served on the committee. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in a statement signed by its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola condemned the injunction. They said apart from being highly provocative, the development was saddening, nauseating and appalling. The…

BAN ON HIJAB :MURIC, Others Protest,as Court Halts Public Hearing

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The public hearing slated for today 14th March by the House of Representatives on the denial of call to bar of Firdaus Amasa Aljannah by the Nigeria Law School and the Body of Benchers insisting she must be off her hijab was again postponed after all parties invited for the hearing were at the conference room. This was as a result of a court interlocutory injunction granted by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which was only served at the committee yesterday at around 3:10pm. The Chairman of the…

MURIC DEMANDS ACTION ON CALL TO BAR SAGA

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for immediate action on the recent controversy over the ban on Hijab at a call to bar ceremony in Abuja which involved a female Law graduate, Amasa Firdaus. The group also condemned the deafening silence coming from the House of representatives particularly after the court granted the injunction seeking to stop the public hearing. A Press Statement signed by Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Professor Ishaq Akintola reads: We are palpably appalled by the seeming lack of a political will on the part…

Sex doll: We play more important roles, says Nigerian women

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Muslim women in Nigeria have said that they play more important roles in the family and society than to be seen as ‘sex objects’. They expressed displeasure with the numerous challenges that the society has subjected them to, noting that ‘they are reformists’. Some of the women spoke at the 2018 Sisters’ Enlightenment Programme, organized by the Sisters’ Circle of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo. The SEP, which had about 2000 females in attendance, saw experts discussing the roles of…

Nigerian Law School Provoking Muslims, MURIC Warns

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Although the dust is yet to settle on the call to bar hijab saga featuring Amasa Firdaus, the six Nigerian Law School campuses across the nation may not allow female Muslim students due for Bar Part II to wear their hijabs during the 2017/2018 First Term Law Dinner, which started yesterday, Wednesday, 13th February, 2018. The dinners will run till tomorrow, Thursday, 15th February, 2018. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) warned that any attempt to bar female Muslim law students who wish to use hijab from doing so is an…

UNIFEMGA Honours Outstanding Members

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The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) will on Saturday honour five of its members for their achievements and contributions to the development of the association. In a statement issued by Alhaji Mohammed Buari, the National Public Relations Officer, the seventh in the series of the Honours’ Day, will hold in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Saturday, February 17. Those to be honored include two Professors and three Ph.D holders. The Professors are Prof. Mutalib Aderogba of the Department of Chemistry Obafemi Awolowo University, while Professor Olufemi Shaibu is a Professor of…

HIJAB: MUSLIM GROUPS CALL FOR CALM, EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT

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A meeting of a coalition of Muslim organisations in Nigeria under the auspices of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) held at the NSCIA Secretariat, Abuja on Monday, 5th February, 2018 reviewed the issue of the Hijab controversy between the Body of Benchers/Nigerian Law School and Al-Jannah Firdausa Amasa and the last minute postponement of the public hearing by the Joint Committee on Justice and Judiciary of the House of Representatives. In attendance were representatives of more than twenty Muslim organisations. They include NSCIA, FOMWAN, MSSN, MUSWEN,…

Gov Sani-Bello Urges Nigerians to Embrace Peaceful Coexistence

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The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani- Bello has called on Nigerians to embrace religious tolerance and promote peaceful co-existence in the country. Governor Sani-Bello made the call during the opening ceremony of Tunga-Malam Central Mosque in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state. The mosque was built by Dr Sulieman Bala. He said that the latest trend on hate speech among Nigerians was inimical to peaceful co-existence that must be checked with immediate effect. “If the phenomenon is not checked immediately, it is capable of degenerating into insecurity that…