Category: Religion Watch (ISLAM)

COMMUNIQUE,. Being the Communiqué issued at the end of 2022 Annual National Reunion Conference of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) held at Ile-Ife, Osun State between Friday May 27 and Sunday May 29, 2022. (26-28 Shawwal, 1443 A.H)

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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful   The Conference whose theme is `Involvement of Nigerian Muslims Towards A Successful Outcome of the 2023 General Elections’’ commenced with a special Jumat service at the OAU Central Mosque, Ile-Ife, Osun State.   A Networking Dinner held at the Awovarsity Hall of the University on Friday 27th May, 2022 which was sponsored by Alhaji Rafiu Ebiti, UNIFEMGA B.O.T Chairman centred on ” Politics, Governance and the Muslim Elite” with a panel of discussants, facilitator, Prof Fola Lasisi, the Vice Chancellor,…

Things To Understand About 2022 Hajj Pilgrimage, By Fatima Sanda Usara

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2022 Hajj, the first in two years is a Hajj with many peculiarities. Ordinarily, Hajj arrangements would have reached a climax in Nigeria around this time, only waiting for appropriate stages of execution. By now, even intending pilgrims would have bidden their distant relatives farewell as it is only seven days before the expected landing of the first Hajj flight into Saudi Arabia, according to GACA (General authority for Civil Aviation) calendar. The situation is not the same this year, and a couple of countries share this dilemma with Nigeria.…

[Friday Sermon] IPOB Killings: An Invitation To Another Civil War In Nigeria! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May the salutations of Allah, His peace and blessings be upon our beloved Prophet, his family, his companions and his true and sincere followers until the Last Day – then to proceed:   Dear brothers and sisters! The terrorist group and Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday mercilessly killed 12 people from the Northern Nigeria, including a pregnant woman, her four children…

2023: Akintola,others speak at UNIFEMGA National Reunion

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A Human Rights Activist, and Director, Muslim Rights Concern MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Lakin Akintola,will deliver the 2022 annual national reunion Lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) on Saturday 28th May, at Ile-Ife, Osun state.   In a statement by the Chairman Planning Committee of the Re-union, Mohammed Buari and Samsudeen Adenopo, Public Relations Officer, stated that the three- day conference of which the lecture is a part of, would hold at Oduduwa Hall in the institution.   The reunion events will hold at various venues within…

Friday Sermon : This Is How To Love The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May the salutations of Allah, His peace and blessings be upon our beloved Prophet, his family, his companions and his true and sincere followers until the Last Day – then to proceed:   Dear brothers and sisters! As Muslims, we are commanded to love the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) and to follow in his path without religious deviations or innovations, in order to worship…

BLASPHEMY: MURIC urges Christian Clerics to shun hate preachings, ….. Warns Muslim faithful against jungle justice, violence

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An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to Christian clerics to desist from delivering hate sermons. The group spoke on the heels of rising incidents of blasphemy around the country.   MURIC’s admonition was delivered on Wednesday, 18th May, 2022 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.   He said, “It has come to our notice that the root of blasphemy and its proliferation in this country is the licencious indulgence in and permission of hate sermon by Christian clerics and leaders respectively. Our weak…

Death Sentence for blasphemy By Abdulrazaq Hamzat

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There can’t be much disagreement or argument over the fact that there exist a slight difference in the manner Muslims in northern part of Nigeria perceived Islam to the way their counterpart from the south perceived it. There is this general perception that Muslims in the south seems to be more refined and moderate, while those in the north tends to be more radicalized. This manifest in the ways and manner both people react to situations. According to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state while presenting the report of a…

Blasphemy: Positions of Justice System and the Holy Quran By Yushau Shuaib

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“Take the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!”   I was shocked to the marrow when an Imam, during a Juma’at service in one of the mosques in Abuja, ordered his followers to engage in extra-judicial killing.   As a Muslim, not only by birth but also by training and practice, I would be terribly disturbed if anyone disparages my religion or the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) whom we the faithful hold in very high esteem. Yet, in that aggrieved state…

Blasphemy, Miss Deborah and Unpopular Opinion of Islamic Scholar By Haruna Sanusi Lafiagi

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“My name is Sanusi Lafiagi and I’m a Muslim. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh and that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is His Messenger. I affirm the absolute dignity and honour of our leader, Muhammad ﷺ and condemn in totality any disrespect or insult to his person.   Having said that, I’ve listened a dozen times to the viral audio of late Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200L student of Sheu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was murdered in cold blood and set alight…

BLASPHEMY AND KILLING IN ISLAM: (Killing of Deborah in Sokoto as a case study). By: Imam Nurudeen Mukhtar Isalekoto

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The news and even the gory video of a Female Student called DEBORAH YAKUBU, was beaten to death, her corpse set ablaze for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad (saw) at Shagari College of Education in Sokoto has now gone viral. She was alleged to have shared the offensive material insulting Prophet Muhammad (saw) on a school WhatsApp group.   The brazen killing of Deborah has left many people the world over shocked, saddened, and even infuriated.   As the smoke cleared and as the Sokoto State Government and the Nigeria Police…