Source: NY Times: LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked a rural village on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least 24 people, including worshipers leaving a mosque after prayers before dawn, officials said. Read More:
Accra, Oct 14, GNA – No Muslim pilgrim is stranded at the Hajj Village in Accra, Alhaji Halidu Haruna, Public Relation Officer of the National Hajj Committee (NHC), Ghana, said […]
Russian TV: Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz was fired at and wounded by soldiers in what officials claimed was an accident. Abdelaziz was wounded in his arm when a military patrol “mistakenly” opened fire on the presidential convoy, they said. Earlier, a local radio station reported that he had survived […]
Source: Washington Post: JERUSALEM — A fierce statement against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual guide drew criticism from an Israeli lawmaker Saturday, while a Jewish activist group called on Washington to cut contacts with Egypt over the issue. Mohammed Badie said during his weekly message that Jews were […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Tensions between rival Egyptian political factions erupted into scuffles on Friday during a protest against a court ruling that acquitted officials from Hosni Mubarak’s era of ordering a camel charge against demonstrators in last year’s uprising. While the activists were united in anger at the court ruling, […]
MAGGIE MICHAEL | AP ARABNEWS Thursday 11 October 2012 CAIRO: Egypt’s prosecutor general on Thursday defied his president’s order to step down to defuse public anger over acquittals in a case of brutality against protesters during last year’s uprising that topped the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Critics charged President Muhammad […]
IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARABNEWS JEDDAH: A quarter of the 7,000 places for Libyan pilgrims to Makkah this year have been reserved for the martyrs’ families of Libyan revolutionaries. A diplomat at […]
COLUMN The Hajj is the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious […]
Source: Allafrica.com via Wasim Sroya The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia has strongly condemned the film prepared by an anti-Islam element in the United States of America insulting the pride of mankind- the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (SAW). In a press release sent to the Daily Observer, signed by […]
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, has pardoned all political prisoners arrested since the start of last year’s popular revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. On Monday, a decree, published […]
Source: Stratfor Oct 8, 2012 | 1015 GMT The North African franchise of the global jihadist group appears to suspect that an international intervention is looming…. Refer:
Source: Daily Graphic Ghana Pressident Mahama being welcomed to the World Miracle Church by Rev Agyin Asare President John Mahama has noted that Ghana needs people who are optimistic for the country to develop in the face of challenging times. He added that looking at the problems the country is […]
As the clock ticks on a decision about whether and how to target suspects in the Benghazi attacks, intelligence officials say the president might lose his shot if he doesn’t […]
Source: Allafrica.com: Developing countries should emulate Rwanda’s involvement in peacekeeping missions around the world in order to foster peace, a top UN official has urged. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, the UN Assistant Secretary General for Peace building Support, made the remarks yesterday after holding talks with the Minister of Defence, James Kabarebe, […]
Source: Allafrica.com: What began ostensibly in January 2012 as just another rebellion by the Sahara desert’s Tuareg tribesmen has evolved into what media commentators are calling ‘Africa’s Afghanistan’. The Tuareg are Berbers, not Arabs, and are the indigenous population of much of the Central Sahara and Sahel. Their population is […]
By Tom Perry REUTERS CAIRO | Fri Oct 5, 2012 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has won grudging respect from detractors in his first 100 days by sending the army back to barracks faster than anyone expected and raising Egypt’s international profile in several newsmaking visits abroad. Yet […]
By NBC News staff and wire services Morocco barred Dutch abortion rights activists Thursday from docking their campaign ship to spread awareness about safe abortion methods in a Muslim country […]
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Mr. President, It gives me pleasure to congratulate you, and your friendly country, on assuming the presidency of the […]
(AFP) / 29 September 2012 Hundreds of Libyans turned over their weapons at collection points in the capital and the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday following rallies which called […]
Source: Jakarta Globe. Gao, Mali. Two gun-toting Islamists keep watch outside a hospital room in the desert city of Gao in northeast Mali. Inside, five young men languish on beds, recovering after they were each severed of a hand and a foot. The patient-prisoners are among the latest accused criminals […]