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Islamic scholar Mallam Rashad dies at age 96

One of the oldest and greatest Islamic scholars in Ghana, has died at the age of 96 in Kumasi. Sheikh Ahmad Rashad died late Thursday night, at his home at Yalwa, a suburb of Kumasi shortly after Isha prayers. He was popularly referred to as, “Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence” whose …

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Meet the Ghanaian scholar who went from recording F in chains in WASSCE to attaining PhD from a UK university

Inspirational stories abound but not many come as good as this one. In 2003, George Asiamah’s world came crashing down. He had written the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination and the result is one that not even his enemies, if he had any, would be proud of. His result …

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