Islam in Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Great Mosque of Touba, is one of the largest mosques in Senegal, West Africa Islam by country Islam in Africa[show] Islam in Asia[show] Islam […]
Conference on Islam in Global Africa to feature Emir of Kano
Muhammadu Sanusi II, former top banker of Nigeria, to deliver keynote April 23, 2018 | By Mohamed Abdelfattah Muhammadu Sanusi II, current Emir of Kano and former governor of […]
Egypt’s rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Farmer Mohamed Abdelkhaleq speaks during an interview with Reuters in a field in the Beheira Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt, […]
Arab Slave Trade
Slavery December 10, 2016 Alik Shahadah The History of Arab Slavery in Africa Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those […]
An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It’s Been Reversed
Source: Time By Aryn Baker | Photographs by Lynsey Addario for TIME After spending 15 months in captivity in a run-down brothel in the Italian city of Torino, Wealth finally saw her chance to escape. The 23-year-old Nigerian had scraped together nearly 50 euros in tips from a couple of regulars and […]
Switzerland’s Novartis to inject $100 million into malaria drug research
AFP news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 17 April 2018 A health worker and a mother try to get down the fever of a boy with malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo in […]
Colossal statue of ‘forgotten’ pharaoh brought to life in 3D images
Source:CNN When a huge statue of a pharaoh was uncovered last year in Matariya, a working-class suburb of Cairo that was once the ancient city of Heliopolis, the press eagerly greeted it as a depiction of the great Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt’s most famous rulers. To many it […]
Ottoman Empire (1301-1922)
Introduction The Ottoman Empire The Great Mosque in Damascus, Syria © The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. It was an empire […]
The life of a mediator: ‘We are constantly surrounded by people yet always alone’
By Kathrin Ammann This content was published on April 20, 2018 Most mediators work for up to 15 years and then do something else. Julian Hottinger has been mediating […]
Germans should stop reducing Africa to migration
Source: CNN There are really only two narratives that the public hears about Africa. One is a story of suffering — that is, the Africa that is hungry, poor and […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast and update…!
View Larger The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast Muslim Cosmopolitans in the British Empire John H. Hanson Distribution: World Publication date: 10/16/2017 Format: Paperback 14 b&w illus., 7 maps ISBN: […]
Spread of Islam in West Africa (part 3 of 3): The Empires of Kanem-Bornu and Hausa-Fulani Land
Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. […]
Spread of Islam in West Africa (part 2 of 3): The Empires of Mali and Songhay
Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. […]
Young Muslims from the Ahmadiyya Muslim children’s association walk for charity to help schools in Africa
Mahalia Mayne Reporter – Wimbledon Children from Ahmadiyya Muslim association walk for charity 1 comment Children put on their walking boots to help raise cash to build two schools in […]
Visiting LDS president salutes Kenya’s Mormon ‘pioneers’
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Bob Mims LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson assured throngs of Kenyan Mormons that they share the pioneering spirit of faith with Latter-day Saints who settled Utah’s Salt Lake Valley nearly two centuries ago. “You perhaps don’t think of yourself as pioneers, but you’re […]
Police fire teargas at Shi’ite Muslim protesters in Nigerian capital
Source: Reuters BY Abraham Achirga, Afolabi Sotunde ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police fired teargas at hundreds of Shi’ite Muslim protesters on Tuesday during a second day of clashes in the capital Abuja over the imprisonment of their religious leader, Reuters witnesses said. The protesters are demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, […]
Britain urges Nigeria, others to legalise same-sex marriage
Source: The Guardian By Azimazi Mimoh Jimoh (Abuja), Seye Olumide and Chris Irekamba (Lagos) British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has called for same-sex marriage in Nigeria and all other countries within the Commonwealth. At the first joint forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Westminster yesterday, the prime minister […]
Kenyatta Warns Donors Against Using Aid to Destabilise States
Uhuru warns donors against using aid to destabilise states Wednesday April 18 2018 In Summary The President, who is on a five-day visit to the UK, was speaking at the […]
The Changing Global Religious Landscape
Demographic Study April 5, 2017 The Changing Global Religious Landscape Babies born to Muslims will begin to outnumber Christian births by 2035; people with no religion face a birth dearth […]
Egypt’s mufti issues fatwa against buying Facebook ‘likes’
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top mufti has issued a fatwa, or a religious decree, saying that buying Facebook “likes” is prohibited under Islam because it’s a form of fraud and deception. Grand Mufti Shawki Allam regularly issues all sorts of fatwas, usually in response to questions by […]