London, Sep 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ashura’ commemorates the day that Allah saved the Children of Israel from Pharaoh. Fasting on 10th day of the first Muslims month, Muharram known as the Day of ‘Ashura’, expiates for the sins of the past year. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah in 622 ...

By Molana Mohamed Aadil Saleh (Bradford, UK)  London, August 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu. More than two million pilgrims from Nigeria and around the world will converge on Mount Arafat tomorrow, Saturday, August 10, 2019  to mark the high point of Hajj. The hill was where Prophet Muhammad was believed to have ...

By RAZAQ BAMIDELE London, May 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Muslims all over the world have been challenged to research more into the history of Qur’an with a view to re-ascertaining that the glorious book is the source of all the sciences being wrongly claimed as personal intellectual property An Islamic scholar and Vice Chancellor, Fountain university, Osogbo, ...

London, March, 3 2019 (AltAfrica)-Turkey was hailed as an example for a modern Muslim democracy during the early 2000s. The current ruling party that came to power in 2002 implemented reforms that were aligned with the European Union’s democratic standards and the country’s record in human rights began to improve. Unfortunately, the democratic reforms were ...

London, September 11, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Over 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide are celebrating the new Islamic year (1st Muharram, 1440 AH) today.The Hijrah is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. The event depends on the movement of the moon. The beginning of each month is marked by the ...