The Ghanaian Minaret

The final flight from Saudi Arabia to Accra safely arrived on Friday night, marking the end of the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage for more than 4000 Ghanaian participants.

Accra – The Grand Mufti of the Zimbabwean Muslim community,Ismail ibn Musa Menk is in Ghana and will be expected to lead Jummah prayers at the Ghana National Mosque, Kanda,

Hajj pilgrims who participated in this year’s hajj have started returning home as the first flight from Saudi Arabia landed in Tamale on Monday

Dutch football stars, Atletico Madrid’s Memphis Depay and AS Roma’s Georginio Wijnaldum, have paid a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu.

He urged Muslim electorates to do away with MPs whose advocacy for LGBTQ would incur the wrath of Allah and would not inure to the spiritual growth of the country.

Accra- The Ghana Hajj Board has successfully facilitated the airlifting of 4,190 Ghanaian Muslims to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The departure of the last flight from Accra on Saturday

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared June 28 as a statutory holiday to celebrate Eid ul Adha.

The contingent is the first batch of some over 2,000 pilgrims expected to be airlifted from Ghana to the Kingdom to perform the hajj ritual, which is the fifth pillar of Islam

The celebration which will be climaxed with a workshop in December this year is organised under the theme, “25 Years of Empowering the Muslim Young Girl: Challenges and Prospects”.

Jamila Dawud, a Ghanaian Muslim scholar has been awarded the Al Qasimiya University Distinguished Graduate in Community Service for her role in empowering women to study Islam