Umar Goni, a Senior Secondary School 2 student, has been arrested by operatives of the Borno state Police Command for allegedly attempting to murder one of his junior colleagues. Goni was said to have used a razor blade to slit the throat of Jibrin Sadi Ramadan, his younger colleague, after a minor disagreement. It was…
Why shouldn’t he? Why should he? This is an ongoing debate. I have read people’s reactions—Muslims and non-Muslims. I observed most of the reactions are emotional; beneath them is bigotry. Bigotry is an ugly concept. I will not define it because of its relativity. But we should ask some questions. Is mosque a shrine—in a…
REFUTATION TO A RECKLESS FATWA (JURISTIC VERDICT) REGARDING HIJAB AND NIQAB-WEARING WOMEN IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS Recently, I came across a misleading fatwa regarding Muslim females who seek to study medical courses in conventional institutions. Reacting to the LAUTECH’s face-veil removal saga, the Ustaadh exerted all effort in shifting the blame on the female medical students…
