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PRESS RELEASE: MASSACRE OF SHIITE PROTESTERS: FG MUST PUNISH PERPETUATORS

29th July, 2014 PRESS RELEASE: MASSACRE OF SHIITE PROTESTERS: FG MUST PUNISH PERPETRATORS About thirty five (35) Shiites peacefully protesting against Israelli belligerence were shot dead in Zaria, Kaduna State on Friday 25th July, 2014. Three sons of Shiite leader, Sh...

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PRESS RELEASE: MURIC COMMENDS FG FOR STOPPING PERSECUTION OF MUSLIMS IN SOUTH-EAST; LAUDS LASG FOR EXTENDING MATERNITY LEAVE

The Federal Government yesterday stopped the registration and repatriation of non-indigenes anywhere in the country. It will be recalled that some state governments in the South Eastern part of Nigeria had for some time now requested people of Northern extraction to regist...

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TOWARDS MOON-SIGHTING, NOT MOON-FIGHTING IN NIGERIA

They ask you about the crescents. Say: they are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in the affairs of men and for pilgrimage (Q. al-Baqarah, 2:189) Abdullah bin Umar narrates that Allah’s Messenger once mentioned Ramadan and said: Do not begin the fast until you sig...

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MUSWEN PRESS RELEASE: NEW DIMENSION

Date: 9th July, 2014 Our attention has been drawn to the case of a Muslim cleric, Ustadh Abdul Ganiy Jum'ah and his wife Shakirah, who were abducted from their home at Ijoko, near Sango in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government area of Ogun State at about 3.00am last Saturday. Thei...

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Ramadan: Why moon-sighting announcement was delayed - Sultan

Culled from Vanguard: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/ramadan-moon-sighting-announcement-delayed-sultan/ Yesterday marked the commencement of 1435AH Ramadan fast across Nigeria. The announcement, which heralded the commencement, was not without hitches as it came at ...

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PRESS RELEASE: COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN FAST 1435 AH/2014 OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA (CE)

PRESS RELEASE COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN FAST 1435 AH/2014 OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA (CE) Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is reported to have said: “Commence fasting when you sight the (Ramadan) crescent and terminate fasting when you sight the (Shawwal) crescent. But if the sky is cl...

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Emir of Kano: Sultan, NSCIA members intervene

Sultan Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III of Sokoto and members of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs(NSCIA) have waded into the  impasse in Kano over the appointment of the Emir, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The NSCIA, including top Emirs in the North, have rea...

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Story of Osun pastor who ‘impersonated’ Boko Haram

Culled from Daily Trust: http://www.weeklytrust.com.ng/index.php/top-stories/16703-story-of-osun-pastor-who-impersonated-boko-haram Ikonifin, an agrarian town in Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area of Osun State is a quiet and peaceful place where Muslims and Christians lived...

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MURIC'S PRESS RELEASE: CAN LIED ABOUT MARGINALISATION OF MUSLIMS

June 1st, 2014 CHRISTIANS under the aegis of TEKAN/ECWA, a branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have denied claims of marginalization by Muslims. In a statement released yesterday, the National Head of TEKAN/ECWA bloc of CAN, Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Dziggau a...

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MURIC'S WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO IMPLICATE MUSLIMS IN A BOKO HARAM ‘ATTACK’ ON A CHURCH IN OSUN STATE

TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 28TH MAY, 2014 ON THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO IMPLICATE MUSLIMS IN A BOKO HARAM ‘ATTACK’ ON A CHURCH IN OSUN STATE Distinguished Muslim Leaders, Brothers and Sisters in Islam,Gentlemen of the Press, As-Salaam Alaykum, I welc...

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Jama'atu Nasril Islam Condemns the Abduction of School Girls in Chibok

16th April, 2014 PRESS RELEASE: ABDUCTION OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN CHIBOK The abduction of about 200 final year secondary school female students in Chibok as reported by the media is another shocking story regarding the unfortunate happenings in Nigeria, especially the Nort...

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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 1435/2014 ANNUAL CENTRAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE JAMA'ATU NASRIL ISLAM (JNI)

Date: 14th Jumada Thany, 1435  (14-04-2014) Preamble: Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) held its Annual meeting of the Central Council, which is the highest decision making body of the Organization, on Monday, 14th Jumada Thany, 1435 (14th April, 2014) at its Headquarters in...

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Press Statement - Apo Killings: Muslim Media Watch Commends NHRC

Date: 8th April, 2014 The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nig. Commends the National Human Rights Commission on its investigation, report and order that the federal Government should pay N10 Million compensation to each of the dependants of 8 youths killed by joint forces of...

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MUSLIM FORUM DECRIES COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Muslim Solidarity Forum, a coalition of all Islamic groups in Sokoto yesterday criticised the composition of delegates to the national conference, saying only 190 of the delegates are Muslims. It described it as a “great injustice and aggressive agenda” against ad...

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CALL FOR ALL MUSLIMS (INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS) TO SHUN THE UP COMING NATIONAL CHARADE

ZAUREN HADIN KAN MALAMAI DA KUNGIYOYI NA JIHAR KANO  (COALITION OF ULAMA AND CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS, KANO STATE)  Email: KanoCoalition@gmail.com c/o Kano State Council of Ulama    CALL FOR ALL MUSLIMS (INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS) TO SHUN THE UP COMING NATIONAL CHARADE ...

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