The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
An Annual Religious Celebration Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered at Senegal’s holy city of Touba on Monday, for the annual Grand Magal- a pilgrimage which honours the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order, and that attracts worshippers both from around the country and abroad. The event raises concerns in light […]
Two orders in South Africa restricting the Muslim call to prayer or adhan have led to outrage among local Muslims. In Pretoria, the capital, city inspectors ultimate Friday ordered a facility to stop broadcasting the adhan through loudspeakers. The cross got here barely a week after a choose in the coastal town of Durban ordered […]
The streets of Abidjan were almost empty on Friday for the Eid al-Adha celebrations that have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Few faithfuls went to the mosque in Abidjan. “The situation is really complicated by the coronavirus,” explained Oumar Maiga, an Ivorian livestock trader. “It’s a tough market, people are not coming in the […]
It’s been a Ramadan unlike any other for Abdourahmane Sall, far from the mosque during the Muslim holy month as coronavirus cases mount. With only a little over a week left, he decided joining thousands of others in tradition was worth the risk after authorities allowed prayers to resume. Men formed orderly lines outside the […]
The 23-year-old Ugandan barista became a Muslim just four days before the UAE fasting month began on April 24. His first ever Ramadan is filled with prayer and fasting, and ample free time to learn more about Islam. In 2018, Ssentongo came from his native district of Mityana to Dubai in search of jobs. But […]
South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele apologized to the Muslim community Sunday for blasphemous statement made by a police officer while arresting worshippers for breaching coronavirus lockdown rules. Cele’s apology came hours after a video clip circulated on social media showing police officers arresting 24 worshipers in Mpumalanga province Saturday. At the end of the […]
Majority of Muslims across the world started Ramadan fasting today but across the Middle East, preparations for the month-long religious exercise was dampened thanks to the global threat of the novel coronavirus. The faithful who have witnessed the cancellation of Iftar – fast breaking feasts – and the suspension of prayers at the mosque as […]
Saudi confirms sighting of moon, Ramadan starts April 24 Majority of Muslims around the world will start fasting on April 24 which is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Various news agencies dedicated to the activities of the two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia confirmed the sighting of the hilal (new moon). […]