Latest Ghana news highlights on Islam and the Ghanaian Muslim community

Zakat Fund raises GH₵1.17 million in 2022

Accra: The Zakat and Sadaqa Trust Fund of Ghana has raised a total income of about GH₵1.17 million in the year 2022. This represented a 33.5 percent increase from an

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Hajj 2024: Ghana Hajj Board maintains hajj fare at GH₵75,000

Accra: The Ghana Hajj Board, a body mandated by the government to organise and manage Hajj affairs in Ghana, has announced the 2024 Hajj fare to be GH₵75,000 or an

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Zakat and Sadaqa Trust Fund appoints M.B. Adams as new CEO 

Accra: The Zakat and Saqada Trust Fund, a faith-based charity Muslim organisation, has appointed Alhaji Musah Baba Adams as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The new CEO takes over

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NFL superstar Owusu-Koramoah accepts Islam

Accra : Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, an American football linebacker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), has accepted Islam. The 24-year-old of Ghanaian descent became a Muslim when

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Ghana has more Muslim males than females – Census Report

Accra: The population of Muslim males in Ghana exceeds that of Muslim females by 1.86 percent, the 2021 Population and Housing Census report has disclosed. This is contrary to the

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John Mahama promises a two-day Eid-ul-Fitr holiday for Ghanaian Muslims

Former president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to give Muslims in Ghana a two-day holiday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, a festive day to

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Be mindful of the friends you keep as a Muslim – Imam Husein

Accra: The Imam of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent of Police, Husein Abdur Rahim Husein, has advised Muslims who seek to renew their faith in Allah to be careful

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Safuratu Andani takes over as new FOMWAG Ameera

Accra: Hajia Safuratu Muhammad Andani, an environmental engineer and a director at the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), has been appointed as the National Ameera (President) of the Federation

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ASWAJ National Dawah Council defies new directives of National Imam

Tamale: The National Dawah Council (NADAC) of Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah (ASWAJ) Ghana says the recently announced directives by their National Chief Imam, Imam Hajj Umar Ibrahim, would not be binding

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Only the Zongo communities can change their circumstances – Dr. Amin Adam

Accra: Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, says the future of a prosperous zongo community lies in the will of the zongo people to

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