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A former Chief Director of the Ministry of Health who is also a former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Lepowura Aljahi M.N.D Jawuma and four others have petitioned the National Peace Council over what they call the violation of Muslim students at the Wesley Girls Senior high school during the …

Twenty-two people traveling from a religious event have been killed by a mob in the latest sectarian violence to hit Jos in north-central Nigeria. The police spokesman in Plateau state, Ubah Ogaba, said in a statement on Sunday that the victims, who were Muslims, were attacked on Saturday by people …

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG), the umbrella body of all Muslim organizations in the country has extended its unflinching support to the eight (8) Members of Parliament sponsoring a private member Bill on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values led by Sam Nartey George, MP …

It is common practice for Muslims to show generosity to neighbours and friends after a month-long fasting. President of the Coalition of Muslim Organizations, Ghana (COMOG), Hajj Abdel-Manan Abdel-Rahman, has hinted why this may be common practice among Muslims. Speaking in an interview with Samuel Eshun, the President of the …

• Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana is calling for the reconstitution of the Wesley Girls’ High School board • The advocacy comes after the school prevented a Muslim student from partaking in the Ramadan fast • Authorities of the school say the ‘no fasting’ policy is strictly for health reasons …

  The spokesperson of the National Chief Imam, Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu has expressed concerns over what he describes as gang up against Muslims by big Christian organizations in Ghana. His comments come after the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Christian Council of Ghana have issued a communique throwing support …

The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to allow Muslim students at the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to fast during Ramadan. The GES directive followed a decision by the Headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School not to allow Muslim students at the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed management of Wesley Girls’ High School to allow Muslim students at the school to fast in the ongoing Ramadan.  It comes after reports that the headmistress of the school has denied a Muslim student her right to fast during the ongoing Ramadan. The development …

Imaam Alhassan Seeta, an Islamic tutor at Ansaarul Islam mosque has urged all Muslims to adopt the act of doing good for the sake of Allah. He added that Allah blesses those who do good for His sake with thorough goodness that would grant them “Jannatul Firdaus” (paradise). He said …

The Eastern Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Yussif Amudani Sulemana, has said congregational prayers would not resume until the full ban on religious activities is lifted. He explained that the directives by the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs which followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement on Sunday would be …