Friday Worship

In the name of the Almighty, the Beneficent, the Merciful “… the Almighty will not change the condition of a people until they change it by themselves…”(Q13: 11) BRETHREN, it is the hubris of each generation to think that its time is special; that all things would come to an end with them. In fact,…

THE paramount ruler of Yelwa land in Ogun State, the Olu of Ilaro, Oba Gbadebo Adegbenle has called for peaceful coexistence among religious groups in the country.    The monarch made the appeal last Monday when the officials of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria led by their president (Amir), Dr Mashuud Aderenle Fasola paid him…

THE Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation has unveiled plans to expand its distribution network to states such as Ogun, Osun, Kwara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja among others.   The Executive Director of the charity organisation, Imam Abdullahi Shuaib, who disclosed this at the 10th Zakat Distribution Ceremony in Lagos, recently said about 140 new…

… Elects Babalola president THE Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN) has decried high rate of unemployment among youths in the country, describing it as a threat to national development.   The group, during its first General Assembly held in Ibadan last weekend, noted that Nigerian youths, especially those of the Southwest, who possess qualitative…

THE incessant discrimination against Muslim women on hijab has once again hit the front burner, as the Al-Mu’Minaat Organisation raised concerns about the plot to disenfranchise some Muslim women from the forthcoming general elections based on hijab issues.    The National Amirah (President) of Al-Mu’Minaat Organisation, Hajia Nimatullah Abdul Lateef, condemned the alleged victimization in…

You (Muslims) shall certainly be tried and tested …and you shall certainly receive from the People of the Book and the polytheists a lot of insults. But if you are patient and God-fearing, that will be (for you) a great source of success.” (3:186) In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful BRETHREN, let…

CONTINUED FROM LAST FRIDAY HAVING known the value of time, there is need for people to be conscious of the common time wasters in our environment and day-to-day activities, it’s after knowing this that one will able to manage the time properly.    Time wasters as enumerated by Jim Hennig and other motivational speakers are: …

IN the foundation’s mission statement, politics has no attraction. But Fatima Charity Foundation (FCF), since inception about five years ago, has developed passion in activities and programmes that promote wellbeing of Nigeria and Nigerians. Its self-imposed mandate is to ensure goodness, fairness and justice in the society.   With tension and apprehension in the air…

POLITICAL parties have been urged to eschew violence and adopt peaceful electioneering campaigns as well as ensuring that the conduct of the forthcoming general elections is fair, free and credible.   Specifically, the gubernatorial candidates of political parties in Lagos State were on Sunday summoned before the entire Muslim Ummah to assure the electorates of…

Muhammad, is the Messenger of Allah…. Qur’an 48:27-29 YES. Who is, not who was Muhammad? I refuse to refer to him in the past because the Prophet of Islam (may Allah’s peace and benedictions be on his soul in Madinah) lives in the present. I prefer to refer to him in the present because his…

NO fewer than 5000 Muslims across Lagos and its environ are expected to participate in the special prayer for a successful and peaceful conduct of 2015 General Elections.   The prayer session being organized by the Joint Muslim Forum (JMF) under the auspices of the Muslim Community of Lagos State will hold on Sunday, January…

CONCERNED Muslim scholars and organisations have urged people in position of authority to always embrace their neighbours and extend the spirit of fellowship at their trial times.  This call was based on the premise of Nigeria’s refusal to cast a “Yes” vote during the question of Palestine and the Palestinians’ bid to be formally recognized…