Tag Archives: Islamic

France President, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamist group that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the last few months.   According to Macron, it explains why the French government on Sunday, …

Authorities in France have discovered nearly 60 graves in a French cemetery covered in Islamic graffiti, including phrases such as ‘Submit to Allah’ and ‘Happy Ramadan, non-Muslims’.       On Monday morning, a total of 58 burial sites in Clermont-d’Excideuil cemetery, in Périgord Vert, Dordogne, were discovered scrawled over in …

A video of a DJ getting flogged by Islamic scholars after defying a sanction on playing music during prayers, has been shared online. Twitter user, Khaleeph Yakasai who shared the video, revealed that the DJ was punished by the Islamic scholars for ignoring their orders. He further described it as …

The Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging for killing an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Goni Aisami.    The court also sentenced Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon, an accomplice in the murder, to 10 years  imprisonment.    Aisami, a …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has defended the invitation of Dr Zakir Naik, an Islamic cleric who has been declared wanted for alleged terrorism, to the 10th Sheikh Usman bin Fordiyo week.    Responding to his critics at the event on Thursday, November 2, the Sultan stated …

Nigerians have expressed outrage after the Sultan of Sokoto invited a wanted Islamic preacher to Nigeria.   Sa’ad Abubakar, hosted Zakir Naik, a controversial Islamic preacher wanted by several nations for terrorism, violence and money laundering.    The Sultan invited him to tour and hold lectures in three Nigerian cities- …

  The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has met with top leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to discuss how to ‘achieve victory for the resistance against Israel’ in Gaza     Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV shared images of Hezbollah’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah having a meeting with Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and …

Three Islamic clerics are currently in custody of the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department for allegedly b£heading a middle-aged man.    The victim who was working for one of the victims, was reportedly lured to a bush at Moniya in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state under the pretext …

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Aminu Baba Waziri, has called on lawmakers to institute a law that would compel civil servants on Level 12 to take additional wives.   He made the call in his Friday sermon, Oct. 13, at Takur Commercial Mosque in Dutse, Jigawa State.   He explained that …

An Iranian weightlifter has been given a lifetime ban by authorities in the Islamic Republic after shaking hands with an Israeli competitor at an event in Poland,   Mostafa Rajaei, who is in his 40s, shook hands with Israeli weightlifter Maksim Svirsky on Saturday after they both stood on the …