Tag Archives: Islamic

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 …

Gunmen have killed a prominent Islamic scholar, Sheik Ibrahim Musa Albani Kuri, in Gombe State.   It was gathered that four men armed with matches and covering their faces attacked the Islamic scholar at his residence at Tabra area along the Bypass area in Gombe around 3: am on Wednesday, …

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Yelma’e has stated that he cannot pray for the departed soul of actor Murphy Afolabi due to the actor’s roles in movies that go against Islamic teachings. In a video clip shared on social media, the cleric expressed his refusal to pray for Afolabi, noting that …

Burkina Faso, ravaged by Islamic jihad attacks,  has extended state of emergency in eight of the country’s 13 regions by six months.   The bill, adopted unanimously by the interim parliament on Friday, May 12 will be in effect from March to October 29. It “aims to strengthen and consolidate …

Israel said on Friday that it had struck more rocket-launching sites operated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, in Gaza, and the group fired rockets into Israel, reaching as far as the hills around Jerusalem, as cross-border fighting stretched into a fourth day despite overnight mediation efforts to reach …

The targeted strikes killed at least three leaders of the military wing of Islamic Jihad, along with some of their family members.

An Islamic cleric has shown his followers how his niqabi wife eats in public.   The TikToker shared a video of him and his wife going out together.   “Proudly Oko Eleha (husband of a niqabi),” he wrote in the caption.   Confused followers then asked how his wife eats …

An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping.   The teenager, during his arraignment on Tuesday, February 28,  told the court that they used biscuits and magical rings to abduct nine children and …

A popular Kano-based TikToker, Murja Kunya has been remanded in prison by a Sharia Court sitting in Filin Hoki area of the state, for allegedly committing offences contrary to Islamic teachings and threatening people on the platform.   The TikToker was arraigned before Justice Abdullahi Halliru on two count charges …

Special security forces in Pakistan have retaken a police station that was captured by Islamic militants, killing all 33 hostage-takers.   Islamist militants from the Pakistani Taliban seized the police centre in the remote north-western Bannu district on Sunday, December 18. The Pakistani Taliban – also known as the TTP …