Africa

The Shia followers of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in Nigeria commemorated the seven-year anniversary of the tragic martyrdom of a thousand Shias, who were killed by the Nigerian army while they were reviving mourning ceremonies in the city of…

The number of visitors to the Exhibition and Museum of the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) Seerah on Sunday, December 11, exceeded 20,000. The exhibition was launched at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Rabat,…

In the northern town of Djibo, Burkina Faso 370,000 people are entrapped by a continuing blockade – largely cut off from food and aid. Every day in Djibo – a dry and dusty town in northern Burkina Faso – residents…

Officials of the Sultan al-Mualifeen Boarding School, affiliated with the Supreme Religious Authority in the city of Majunga in the Republic of Madagascar, held lessons to teach foreign languages to Shia university students in the city. The lessons come in…

In the aftermath of the terrorist crime that targeted worshipers in the state of Nigeria, the International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, affiliated with the Imam Shirazi World Foundation in Washington, DC, issued a statement, stating: The International Nonviolence Organization (Free…

The representative of Grand Ayatollah SayyedSadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in Madagascar – Hojjat Al-Islam Sheikh Muhammad Ridha – said that the Ahlulbayt Center, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the city of Majunga, held a mourning ceremony on the martyrdom…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, condemned the terrorist crime that targeted worshipers in Maigamji, Nigerian state of Katsina, calling on the authorities to shoulder their responsibilities in protecting civilians. The organization stated in a statement, of which the Shia…

Following a Supreme Court decision of the 17th of June, 2022, which approved the use of Hijab head cover for Muslim girls in schools, the Lagos Government yesterday authorized the immediate implementation of the policy in all schools in the…

 Uganda’s Islamic Supreme Council will start registering all mosques in the country. According to Hamza Mubiru, deputy director of the Muslim Affairs Office of the Muslim Supreme Council of Uganda, the Mosque Registration Scheme was introduced after the recently concluded…

Gunmen attacked a mosque in Nigeria’s volatile northwestern state of Katsina on Saturday, killing a dozen worshipers and kidnapping several others, according to news reports. The unidentified assailants arrived at Maigamji mosque on motorbikes on Saturday night, and started shooting…