The Ghanaian Minaret

Ghana is a secular state with a population of over 30 million, where one out of every five Ghanaian is a Muslim. The disproportion in population size means the Muslim

With the sighting of the crescent moon signalling the arrival of the Ramadan month comes the excitement that greets Muslims in Ghana. It is the season when Ghana’s diverse culinary

Muslim women in Ghana who manifest their religion by observing the hijab are likely to encounter some difficulties at schools, workplaces, and even sometimes at home. They are likely to

some Ghanaian Muslims tend to suffer from misconceptions about their own faith due to lack of education about the religion.

As nations marked World Environment Day on June 5 and Ghanaians mark Green Ghana Day on June 9, we look at some five Islamic teachings that promote environmental conservation

For a country like Ghana that has a constitution centred on the ethos of secularism and Muslims in the minority, it would be rare to find state apparatus enforcing religious

Some Muslim couples have continuously misconstrued the Quranic verse that described women as “gardens for men” to mean to do as they please regardless of sanctioned rules or regulations pertaining to sexual intimacy which is regarded in Islam as a form of worship

It must be admitted that polygyny (the accepted form of polygamy in Islam) is difficult for women with unguarded jealousy for love, wealth, and status.