ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it by the foreign ministers in their […]
Credit: CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Rising tensions at a South African platinum mine exploded Thursday in grisly violence as police fired on striking miners. Blood-stained bodies lay strewn about a field in a police response reminiscent of the days of apartheid. Police have not released a death toll, […]
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama has visited Maulvi Wahab Adam, the Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, at the 37 military hospital to wish him a speedy […]
Credit:Asoa Times: Egypt’s ostensibly inexperienced president Mohammed Morsi accomplished nothing short of a coup d’etat on Sunday when he replaced the men who were widely seen as Egypt’s rulers – Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi and Lieutenant general Sami Anan, among others – and shredded the latest constitutional amendment issued […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday highlighted the importance of dialogue in strengthening national unity and improving relations among citizens. […]
CAIRO: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Egypt’s president ordered changes to the military top brass yesterday, including pensioning off Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi who served Hosni Mubarak for two […]
Nigeria: Some Muslims Give Islam Extreme Posture – Umar Paiko Tagged: Nigeria, Religion, West Africa BY ROSE ADAH, 11 AUGUST 2012 Comment (1) http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fc%2F-4ZJ42&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=130&action=recommend&colorscheme=light&height=25 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1344744169704&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F201208110323.html&hashtags=nigeria&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F201208110323.html&related=allafrica%2C%20allafricafrench&size=m&text=Some%20Muslims%20Give%20Islam%20Extreme%20Posture%20-%20Umar%20Paiko&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fc%2F-4ZJ42&via=allafrica https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fc%2F-4ZJ42&size=medium&count=true&annotation=bubble&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com&hl=en-GB&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DHY9p6vay2e0.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!9WWg3hgFJrKAVXxNQA%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTNB8Fia3XwNbKRkrBG4FoP0ywMLTQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1344744168006&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com An Islamic scholar Mallam Umar Paiko has said that, rather than label Islam as extreme, it is some Muslims who had taken extreme posture giving the religion […]
BY GWYNNE DYER ARABNEWS Saturday 11 August 2012 Good news from Africa: After two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend. There is something resembling a government coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops — although the country’s most popular comedian, Abdi […]
Global Post: Nairobi, Kenya has placed a bid with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2024 games. If they are chosen, Nairobi will be the first-ever African city to […]
Credit: Allafrica.Com. Former President John Evans Atta Mills addressing Parliament. Government has declared Friday August 10, the day the late President John Evans Atta Mills will be laid to rest a public holiday. The President John Dramani Mahama made this declaration after signing an Executive Instrument to affirm the decision […]
Credit: Daily Graphic Ghana One of the empty streets in Accra Wednesday Many cities and towns across Ghana came to a virtual standstill Wednesday as the nation mourned the late President John Evans Atta Mills who was laid in state at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra. In Accra, […]
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Source: BBC By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago, researchers say. The discoveries suggests […]
BY HANNATU MUSAWA, 7 AUGUST 2012 Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi is not only a knowledgeable Islamic scholar, he exemplifies the character of a Muslim nurtured from an early age in a virtuous environment. Having been taught and raised by his late father, Sheikh Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, he serves as […]
by David P. Goldman • Aug 8, 2012 GATESTONE INSTITUTE “The uneasy modus vivendi between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military most likely will fail, and probably sooner than later,” I argued July 9, and the aftermath of the terrorist execution of sixteen Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula supports […]
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
Source: Eurasia review August 7, 2012 By Hassan Benmehdi Morocco is becoming a trailblazer in the Arab world in terms of countering extremist ideology and promoting “tolerance, respect and dialogue among religious groups”, according to a just-published report. In its latest study on religious freedoms around the world, the US […]
The Muslim Brotherhood said on its website that Sunday’s attack in Sinai on an Egyptian army outpost was an Israeli attempt to thwart President Morsi; Israel’s Foreign Ministry denies the claims. By Jack Khoury and Reuters HAARETZ ISRAEL Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on its website on Monday that the attack […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe. Lagos. Gunmen have opened fire on an evangelical church during a service in central Nigeria, killing the pastor and at least 18 worshippers while injuring several others, officials said Tuesday. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram, responsible for hundreds of deaths across north and central Nigeria this […]
Credit: Allafrica.com Photo: Nan Photo President Goodluck Jonathan The Jamaatu Ahlis Sunnah Lil Daawati wal Jihad, popularly called Boko Haram, has said that it would not negotiate with any government representative and had no plans to do so. In a half-hour video made in Hausa and posted on YouTube, the […]