The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Senate issued a circular on Friday approving the wearing of the niqab (veil) by female Muslim students who so choose. Meanwhile, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has kicked Read more…
The Daily Trust, an influential newspaper, published a damning report yesterday on discrimination against Hausa-Fulani Muslims in Jos, Plateau State, who are being forced to change their states of origin and local government areas by record officers at the Jos Read more…
An Islamic Human Right group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has sent a condolence message to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar over the death of Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, the Magajin Garin Sokoto. This was known through a Read more…
A Muslim student of Baptist High School, Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government of Kwara State, Habeeb Idris was shot dead on Thursday, 3rd February, 2022 during a protest over hijab. Four other students sustained varied degrees of injuries. Meanwhile the Read more…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has responded to Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) who has declared the recently approved dressing code by the Nigerian Police as illegal. The legal luminary made the declaration in a public statement issued on 5th March, Read more…
A statement issued by Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Wednesday, 19th January, 2022 noted that the group has sent a Save Our Soul (S. O. S.) message to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, regarding the forceful abduction and initiation Read more…
An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, for signing the Ogun State Chieftaincy Bill into law. The new law curbs fetish practices in the installation and burial of Ogun Read more…
On Monday, 10th January, 2022, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declared his intention to contest for the post of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Subsequently, an Islamic human rights organisation, Read more…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has directed that all schools in the state should operate a four-day school week as schools resumed on 10th January, 2022 for the second term in the academic session. About five weeks ago, all Read more…
