In the arid hills, Iraqi forces drive their armed vehicles towards a village of around a dozen small stone houses. There is a sudden explosion. “Got it!” shouts an officer. Just a few hundred metres (yards) from the front line of an offensive launched on Sunday at dawn to oust the Islamic State group from … Read more
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once “the most secure policies” were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. The move has been widely condemned. … Read more
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once “the most secure policies” were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. The move has been widely condemned. … Read more
A US judge has issued a temporary halt to the deportation of visa holders or refugees stranded at airports after President Donald Trump issued an order barring entry to them for 90 days. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a case in response to the order issued on Friday. It estimates that 100-200 people … Read more
The recent call by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, on the Senate, not to pass the Gender Equality Bill because, according to him, the Bill is anti-Islam, is not only false, retrogressive, oppressive but also a continued conspiracy against the total emancipation of the female folk from the stranglehold of … Read more
Mr King Ali, President of the Concerned Teachers Association of Ghana, has lambasted Mr Kofi Jumah, a leading member of the NPP, describing him as a man with short memory. Kofi Jumah on Thursday descended heavily on members of the CTA for urging the incoming Nana Addo administration to fulfill its promise to teacher trainees … Read more
The conflict between Sunni and Shia is deeply rooted and intractable, it has existed for almost 1400 years. The divide was traced to 632 A. D, when Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) died and a debate emerged about who should be his successor. One group (which eventually became the Shiites) felt that the Prophet’s successor should be … Read more
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Islam guarantees the protection of Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims who reside in Muslim lands. Their houses of worship should be defended from attack and their right to worship according to their choice respected. Allah said: Were Allah not to check people by means of others, … Read more
Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah is asking whether the party’s former Youth Organiser Abu Ramadan is still a member of the PNC. Responding to Mr Ramadan’s clamour for him (Mornah) to resign together with General Secretary Atik Mohammed over the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of their flag bearer Dr Edward Mahama from … Read more
Thousands have attended a farewell procession for boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his home city of Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky. Onlookers cheered his cortege as it passed by on its way to a city cemetery where he was then buried in a private service for family and friends. The ex-heavyweight champion and … Read more
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is reportedly “close to death” after being hospitalized in the Phoenix area Thursday with respiratory issues. Both the L.A. Times and Reuters reported sources close to the Ali family said he was in “grave condition” and that his death could come within hours. The 74-year-old’s condition is complicated by the Parkinson’s … Read more