Tag: #ReligiousTolerance
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SULTAN DECLARES FRIDAY AS EID-EL-FITR, CALLS FOR PEACE AND UNITY
Muslims across Nigeria will celebrate Eid-el-Fitr this Friday, March 20, as announced by Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). In a broadcast on Wednesday, the Sultan confirmed that the Shawwal crescent was not sighted, making Friday the first day of Shawwal 1447 AH. He…
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“HE CHOSE HUMANITY OVER HATE” — CAN MOURNS PLATEAU IMAM AT 90
Nigeria is mourning a quiet hero. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condoled with the family of Mallam Abubakar Abdullahi, the revered Plateau-based Imam who passed away at the age of 90. In a condolence message issued in Abuja, CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, described the late Imam as a “shining example of religious…
