Meet the Women Championing South Africa’s Black Muslim Pride
Stefanie Jason Dec. 04, 2018 Photo: Stefanie Jason There’s a new movement of Black Muslims in South Africa asserting their Africanness within the context of their religion. “I have […]
The mysterious Imbangala warriors of Angola who established the Kasanje Kingdom in 1620
The Kasanje Kingdom, also known as the Jaga Kingdom, was one of the biggest and most powerful kingdoms in Central Africa in the 17th to early 19th century. Established […]
Sierra Leone Sports: Ahmadiyya wins female volleyball competition
Wed December 5, 2018 “We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.” – Thomas Sankara […]
Jews from Islamic countries are migrants of the clash of civilizations
Jews from Islamic countries are migrants of the clash of civilizations Jewish migrants from Islamic lands are ignored by the Western conscience, the UN, the EU – no […]
Sir David Attenborough On Climate Change
“If we don’t take action the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon … time is running out,” Sir David […]
Nigeria tries to rally troops as extremists’ toll revealed
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military finally revealed a death toll of 39 from a new series of extremist attacks on soldiers, while President […]
In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo KATAKWI, Uganda (RNS) — In this remote town in a deeply traditional corner of eastern Uganda, a 27-year-old Pentecostal pastor has been arrested […]
Gulf Cash Fuels Fight for Muslim Hearts and Minds in Africa
Source: Bloomberg By Katarina Hoije Ibrahim Kontao is busily signing checks as men and women line up outside his air-conditioned office in the Malian capital, Bamako, to ask him for donations […]
Ex-militant tests Somalia’s fledgling democracy
Source: Reuters By Hereward Holland NAIROBI (Reuters) – Last year Mukhtar Robow had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head. Now the former Islamist al Shabaab militant has downed […]
Tunisian citizens’ backlash against the Saudi crown prince shows it’s possible to choose morality over economic benefits
Citizens seemed aware of the difference Saudi aid might make to them, yet they took to the streets in droves anyway Simon Speakman Cordall The Independent Voices Against rumours of […]
How Muslims, Christians can live in peace – Sultan of Sokoto
Source: The Premium Times The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday urged lecturers of Islamic Studies to devise strategies on how to ensure peaceful coexistence between Muslims and […]
One country at a time, Africa is opening its doors to Africans
by Mildred Europa Taylor, at 07:30 am, November 23, 2018 Visa-free travel for Africans in Africa is scheduled to start by the end of 2018 but with just about […]
After Catholic Church sex abuse cover-ups, we in the pews must no longer simply pray & pay
Source: USA Today By Tim Roemer Disappointed and angered once again by the Catholic Church, we lay people must act to protect our faith. I have done a lifetime of public speaking, in the chambers of Congress in Washington and in a foreign country as a diplomat. But that was […]
The village that’s eradicated FGM
Source: BBC News It started when one family decided not to circumcise its women 30 years ago. That idea spread and now an entire village in Sudan has eradicated female […]
Is big pharma ignoring the poor?
Pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit. Is that why diseases that kill thousands of people every year have been ignored – even though the cures may already exist? Health […]
Letter from Africa: Cremations ‘threaten’ Zimbabwe’s ancestral spirits
Source: BBC News Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare. “For you were made from […]
Video Book Review: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton’s new book, Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, is out now from Riverhead Books. Muhammad’s […]
Can ‘voluntary colonialism’ stop migration from Africa to Europe?
22 November 2018 A controversial proposal by a German minister that foreign powers acquire land in Africa to curb migration has been rejected by the African Union, writes the BBC’s […]
Happy Birthday, Muhammad
Source: New York Times By Haroon Moghul, who is the author of “How to Be a Muslim: An American Story.” The prophet was an outsider. Just like me. Tuesday is the Prophet […]
Eid el-Maulud (from the Nigerian Press)
By . | Published Date Nov 20, 2018 Today is being celebrated throughout the Muslim world as Eid-el Maulud, the birthday of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Maulud is […]