News on death of muslim personalities, their legacies and history.

Hezbollah confirms Israel’s killing of leader Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah confirms Nasrallah’s death as Israel says it hit the group’s leaders at their headquarters in south Beirut. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air attack on

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Adua for late deputy BOG governor to be held on September 15

Accra: Family members, friends, and sympathisers will join the Muslim community on September 15 to pray for Dr. Alhassan Mohammed, former and first Muslim Deputy Governor of the Bank of

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

Tehran, Iran: Both Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, have confirmed the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. According to Iranian state-owned media, Haniyeh, who became political

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Two drowned American siblings of Ghanaian descent laid to rest

New York, US: Two Muslim siblings who died from drowning at the Corney Island beach in New York have been laid to rest on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at the

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Arab and Muslim leaders condole death of Moroccan King’s mother

Accra: Mohammed VI of Morocco has received messages of condolences and prayers from Muslim world leaders since the passing of his 78-year-old mother, Princess Lalla Latifa, whose death was announced

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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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Hajj 2024: At least 19 Hajj pilgrims die in intense heat

Makkah, Saudi Arabia: At least 14 Jordanian citizens and five Iranians have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia due to intense heat, officials have said. Jordan’s foreign ministry

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Muslim scholars mourn death of Mufti Yaks

Abuja, Nigeria: Muslims in Nigeria were thrown into a state of shock following the death of the Niger State born Muslim cleric, Abdul Lateef Aliyu Maitaki, popularly known as Mufti

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Iranian President Raisi dies in helicopter crash

Tehran, Iran: The head of the Islamic Republic Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced that the dead bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions are being transported to

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Ghana Muslim Mission loses its Greater Accra regional imam

Accra: Lieutenant Colonel Sheikh Nuruddin Quaye, the Greater Accra Regional Imam of the Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM), has passed on. He died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Sunday,

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