Latest Ghana news highlights on Islam and the Ghanaian Muslim community

Muslim stakeholders to confer on Hajj management in August

Accra: Muslim stakeholder groups will be converging in Accra in August next month for a national dialogue on having a new Hajj management policy framework. The programme will take place

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Peace Dawah Media raise over GHS 500,000 for Islamic school for the blind project

Accra : Peace Dawah Media, a not-for-profit organisation, has raised an amount of GH₵524,013.98 as of June 2024 for the construction of a one-story, 8-unit classroom block as part of

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High-ranking Military officers call on Chief Imam

Accra: A high-ranking military delegation led by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Thomas Oppong-Peprah, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has paid a courtesy call

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Imam advocates use of mosques as learning centres for students

Accra: Sheikh Mohammed Salman, the Imam of Madina West in the Madina Constituency of the Greater Accra region, has urged Muslim students within the Zango communities to consider mosques as

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Bawumia commissions new mosque for Sorbelle muslims

Sorbelle: Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned a new mosque for the Muslims of Sorbelle in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. The mosque, funded by

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Hajj 2024: I drank more than 15 bottles of water without passing urine— Ghanaian pilgrim  

Accra: Alhaji Sanusi Uthman, a Ghanaian pilgrim, has disclosed that he took more than 15 bottles of water and never felt the urge to urinate due to the extreme heat

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Hajj 2024: Ghanaian pilgrims to return home on July 3

Accra: Over 4000 Ghanaian pilgrims who embarked on hajj this year are expected to start arriving in the country on July 3, 2024. Nine flights have been booked to carry

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Hajj 2024: Special prayer for deceased Ghanaian pilgrim underway

Accra: The family of the late Hajia Sarata Gimba, a Ghanaian who passed away while performing Hajj, is holding adua (prayer) for their deceased relative on Sunday. The late pilgrim

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Chief Imam delegates Eid-ul-Adha Prayer duties amid ageing concerns

Accra: The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, on Sunday delegated Sheikh Muhammad Munir Dan Alfa, a long-time disciple, to lead the National Eid ul Adha prayers held at

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Mahama pledges to reduce Hajj fare

Accra: John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged to decrease hajj fares when elected president to enable more Ghanaians to partake in the annual Islamic

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