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Sheikh Gbajabiamila’s death big loss to Muslim community, Lagos, says Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the death of Islamic scholar and Head of Imam Ratibi of Lagos, Sheikh Imam Tijani Olubodun Shehu Gbajabiamila.In a statement issued on ...
Time

The Turkish Imam and His Global Educational Mission

October, 1992. the Soviet Union has disbanded and chaos reigns in its former territories. Three times a week, a rattly Russian charter plane filled with young Muslim devotees flies east from Istanbul ...
The Punch on MSN

Tinubu mourns Islamic cleric, recalls his guidance during Lagos governorship

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday mourned the passing of Lagos-based Islamic scholar and community leader, Sheikh Tijani ...
Yahoo

Friday funeral for Islam Mossaad, former Austin imam, killed while crossing North Lamar

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin imam killed by an allegedly intoxicated driver Sunday night will be laid to rest Friday, according to a Thursday press release from his mosque and the Austin branch of the ...
The Africa Report

Islamic leadership across Africa: From Nigeria’s Shekau to Mali’s Imam Dicko

While Imam Mahmoud Dicko makes and unmakes presidents in Mali, in Nigeria, people keep an eye out for the few and far between rants delivered by Shekau, the Takfiri leader of Boko Haram. In Senegal, ...
Tucson Weekly

Islamic Imam

Omar Shahin, 40, is the Imam and director of the Islamic Center of Tucson, located at 901 E. First St., next to the UA. He’s lived in Tucson for three years. A native of Jordan, he also serves as the ...
Time

An American Imam

IT WAS ON SEPT. 10, A DAY SHY OF THE fourth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, that Imam Mohamed Magid met terrorism’s victims face to face. He was presiding at the funeral on Long ...

Former Hamilton imam suing Muslim Association for $1.8 million

The former imam at the Mountain Mosque argues his employer defamed and wrongfully terminated him when they fired him over ...

'Sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) continues to inspire many people': PM Modi on Muharram

On the occasion of Muharram, PM Modi shared a message on social media platform X, reflecting on the significance of the sacrifice and the values linked to the historic event.
CNN

Killing of imam outside New Jersey mosque does not appear motivated by bias, officials say as search for shooter continues

Officials are searching for the shooter in the killing of an imam outside a Newark, New Jersey, mosque, as they work to determine what led up to the slaying of the man remembered as a beacon in his ...
The Diplomat

Cambodia’s Unique Islamic Sect Fights to Resist Assimilation

Math Sa, the ninth Oknha Khnour, poses inside a Kan Imam San mosque in Kampong Tralach, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia, February 23, 2024. Credit: Chantara Tith On the outskirts of a village near ...