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Hajj 2025: Ghana’s pilgrims to start returning home on June 20

Accra: After a month-long stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ghana’s Hajj pilgrims are expected to start returning home on June 20, 2025. The Ghana Hajj Taskforce is making

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Persons without religion reach almost a quarter of world’s population

Washington: Findings of the latest study conducted by the Pew Research Centre have revealed that the number of religiously unaffiliated persons in the world has reached 1.9 billion, making them

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Muslims emerge as fastest-growing religious group – latest Pew Study reveals

Washington: The global population of Muslims increased by 347 million between 2010 and 2020, making Muslims the fastest-growing religious group within the period. According to the findings of a latest

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Hajj 2025: Ghana’s Hajj death toll rises to seven

Accra: Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Head of the Ghana Hajj Taskforce, an interim committee tasked with Hajj management in Ghana, has disclosed that seven Ghanaians have lost their lives while

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Eid ul Adha 2025: Kasoa Amanfro Muslims hold Eid prayers without microphone

Accra: It was an unusual Eid ul-Adha prayer for Muslims of Kasoa Ngleshie Amanfro, who held their Eid prayer session with no audio equipment present. It turned out the community’s

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Eid ul Adha 2025: Ghana declares June 6 as public holiday

Accra: The government has declared Friday, June 6, 2025, as a public holiday for the celebration of Eid ul-Adha. The Ministry of the Interior, in a press statement issued on

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Hajj 2025: Ghana completes airlift of 5800 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Accra: Ghana has successfully completed the airlifting of Hajj pilgrims with the departure of the last flight on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The flight carrying about 425 pilgrims left the

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Hajj 2025: Sheikh Gumi sends cryptic message to Saudi authorities

Kaduna: Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, a Nigerian cleric barred from performing Hajj, has sent a cryptic message to Saudi authorities against denying Muslims access to Masjid-ul Haram (sacred house

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Hajj 2025: Pilgrims’ arrivals reach 890,000 with 15,900 illegals detained

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports announced on Friday, May 23, the arrival of 890,883 pilgrims from abroad for the Hajj season 1446 AH. They arrived through all international

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US Islamic preacher Sheikh Farooq reacts to UK entry ban

California, US: A prominent US-based Islamic preacher, Sheikh Uthman bin Farooq, has reacted strongly to his ban from entering the United Kingdom (UK). The ban is an outcome of a

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