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Latest local Ghana news on Islam and the Ghanaian Muslim community
Daughter makes mother prostrate at graduation
Accra – Fati Hamidu, mother of Fauzeeya Jamal-Deen had no option but to kneel and prostrate in public when the name of her daughter was mentioned as a receipt of
Read MoreGhana fails to impress at 26th Dubai Quran Competition
Accra – Ghana has failed to make a good showing at the just-ended 2023 edition of the Dubai International Quran Competition after its representative failed to go past the first
Read MorePalestinian embassy supports Ghanaian Muslim families
Accra – The Embassy of Palestine in Ghana on Friday donated bags of rice to some 600 Muslim families in commemoration of the holy month of Ramadhan. The gesture was
Read MoreBawumia hands over reconstructed mosque to Kumasi Muslims
Kumasi – Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana has finally commissioned the reconstructed Kumasi Central Mosque to the joy of Muslims in the Ashanti region. The 7,000-capacity mosque has
Read MoreOtumfuo cancels lease payment on Kumasi Central Mosque land
Kumasi- Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu says he has forfeited the receipt of GHS28 million (280 billion old Ghana cedis) as lease payment for the 1.9 acres of land on which
Read MoreGhana Hajj Board sets April 30 deadline for $6500 hajj fees
Accra – The Ghana Hajj Board has asked prospective hajj pilgrims to pay $6500 or GHS75,000 equivalent as hajj fees by April 30, 2023. This is to allow the Board
Read MoreZongo Development Coordinator heads reconstituted hajj board
Accra- The President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, has appointed former Member of Parliament for Offinso South, Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda to be the Chairman of the reconstituted Hajj Board.
Read MoreLepowura Jawula laid to rest in the US
Accra- The former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Mohammed Nuru-Deen Jawula has been buried in the Tennessee State of the United States, on Sunday, January 22, 2023. His burial
Read MoreSheikh Anas apologies to Chief Imam for unsavoury remarks
Kumasi- Sheikh Anas Ibrahim Tawfiq Al Bakr, a Kumasi-based Sunni cleric has rendered an apology to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu for making disparaging remarks about the
Read MoreImam Husein Promoted to Chief Superintendent
Accra- Imam Husein Abdur Rahim Husein of the Ghana Police Mosque has been promoted from Superintendent of Police (SUPOL) to Chief Superintendent of Police. This was based on administrative requirements
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