Malawi, landlocked country in southeastern Africa. Some three-fourths of the population is Christian, of which the majority are members of independent Christian or various Protestant denominations, and the remainder are Roman Catholic. Muslims constitute about one-fifth of the population. Traditional Read more…
I was out today on a Community Charity work around Ife compounds with some of my brothers, and I took time to take this picture of the first modern mosque in Ile-Ife, the Itakogun Mosque, believed to be first Mosque Read more…
The Jihad of the founding fathers of Sokoto caliphate led by Shaikh Usmanu BN Fodiyo was purely for the propagation and upliftment of Islam and society in this part of the world. Chairman Local Organizing Committee for the just concluded Read more…
Tarawih prayers, a special evening prayer done during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, were held in Istanbul’s Ayasofya Mosque for the first time in 88 years late Friday. Throughout the month of Ramadan, prayers will be held at the Read more…
Ramadan is one of the most important Muslim festivals since it commemorates the first time the Quran (Muslim holy book) was delivered to Prophet Muhammad PBUH. The five pillars of Islam are Shahada (faith declaration), Salat (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm Read more…
Malcolm X is a Muslim leader and African-American nationalist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. He advocated for Black empowerment and frequently spoke about his belief in Islam to those surrounding him and to the public. Read more…
The first Ilorin central mosque was founded in 1820. In 1835, during the reign of the first Emir of Ilorin, Abdul Salam another central mosque was built at Idi-Ape. After a century, this mosque could not cope with the huge Read more…
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan was born in Bhopal, modern-day India, in 1936 and emigrated to Pakistan in the years following the subcontinent’s violent partition in 1947, a traumatic split that resulted in several wars and decades of animosity between the Read more…
Having realized that greatness of a worthy cause or and struggle (such as struggle to standardize and then fortify Yoruba Islam) is not attached to personal achievement of individuals that live around the cause but the sacrifice made to bring Read more…
