Muslim

By Uzair Adam Imam

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslims to look out for the crescent of Dhul-Hijjah 1445 AH on Thursday, June 6.

This is equivalent to the 29th day of Dhul-Qidah 1445 AH.

In a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Janaidu, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs of the Sultanate Council, Sokoto, the Sultan requested Muslims to report any sighting of the new moon to the nearest District or Village Head, who will then communicate it to the Sultan.

The Sultan prayed for Allah’s continued support for Muslims in their religious duties.Dhul-Hijjah is the 12th month in the Islamic calendar and one of the four sacred months in Islam.

During this month, Muslims perform the Hajj pilgrimage and celebrate Eid-El-Kabir.

The month begins with the sighting of the new moon, and Muslims gather in Mecca for Hajj from the 8th to the 13th of Dhul-Hijjah, celebrating Eid-El-Kabir on the 10th to 13th.

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari

An Islamic Organization, Ummah for Da’awa & Humanitarian Services, has called on the government to do justice to the victims of the airstrike by the Nigerian Army.

The group demanded thorough investigation into the matter and requested that the victims and the families of the deceased be compensated.

The group made their stance known while expressing their pain and sadness over the matter in a statement on Thursday.

The statement reads in part: “We call on the relevant authorities to exercise a deep investigation into the matter to know
the factors that caused the unfortunate
event and to take good actions against the forces that played a role.

“We also advise the government, both at the state and federal levels to pay ransom to the affected families to alleviate the pains and plights that accompanied the incident. We all know that lost lives cannot be returned but their families can be consoled.”

The airstrike dubbed as mistake by the Nigerian Army killed scores of Muslims observing Maulud in Tudun Biri Village, Kaduna State.

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, commends the North for shifting the presidency to the Southern region of the country

MURIC disclosed this in a press statement signed by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Friday.  

This is coming after a Yoruba Muslim and southerner, Bola Ahmad Tinubu, was declared winner of the February presidential election. 

According to the group, they are justified in their confidence and the trust they have in the North. He stated that they were particularly happy because the victory put the naysayers to shame.

 “MURIC, in particular, was derided by non-Muslims in the South. We were called slaves of the North. But we stood our ground. We insisted that we trusted the North, particularly on the basis of understandings reached and pledges made at various Islamic fora on MURIC’s avowed project for the emergence of a Yoruba Muslim president.” He said 

He further added that it is the effort and votes of Northern electorates that win the election for the southern Muslim.

He said, ” The outcome of the presidential election showed that Northern votes won the election for Tinubu. The Northern figure almost doubled what he scored in the South. It showed that Northerners stood by their words. They walked their talks. They took the path of honour and nobility. They abandoned a Northern Fulani candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and voted for a Southern Yoruba Muslim candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We doff our hats for the North. We salute integrity. The North is a reliable friend by all standards. The region stood behind Tinubu, a Southern Muslim, like the Rock of Gibraltar.”  

Professor Akintola added that the outcome of the election had shattered many stereotypes of Southern Christians and the lies they peddle against the North.

Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has, again, on Wednesday banned the popular video-sharing platform TikTok for the “continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform and its failure to take such content down”.

Pakistan banned the platform for the same reason the first time in October 2020. However, TikTok assured the authorities that it would take measures to censor the contents deemed inappropriate. Days later, the ban was lifted.

Pakistan, an Islamic Republic and seen as conservative by many, blocked the app for the second and third time based on complaints from its citizens and under its Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016. This current ban is reportedly the fourth. However, India blocked the app for reportedly political-cum-diplomatic reasons.

In Nigeria, a social commentator, Muhammad Ubale Kiru, recently criticised the app for promoting “immorality” among northern Nigerian youth. A post he wrote on Facebook went viral in the region’s cyberspace. In reaction to Kiru’s post, several people called on the Nigerian government to ban the Chinese-origin app.