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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

Abuja: A coalition of Muslim women in Nigeria, under the aegis of the Hijab Right Advocacy Initiative (HRAI), has called on policymakers to introduce policies that would curtail public discrimination

Accra: President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Shamima Muslim, a former broadcast journalist to serve as a deputy presidential spokesperson at the office of the president. She was among 10

Accra: Mallama Jamila Dawud, a Muslim scholar, has called on politicians of both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to put in place the needed

Dubai, UAE – Seven female Quran reciters from Africa have made it to the top 10 of the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Holy Quran Competition that was held recently.

Paris, France: The ban on French women athletes wearing the hijab at the Paris Olympic Games exposes the “discriminatory hypocrisy” of French authorities and the “craven weakness” of the International

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

Accra: The Federation of Muslim Women in Ghana (FOMWAG) has initiated a fund-raising campaign to raise over $5million for the completion of its school project at Achiaman in the Greater

Young Muslim women seeking to study abroad have been advised to gauge the religious tolerance of the local communities of their prospective schools before selecting them.

Mufti Ismail ibn Musa Menk, the Grand Mufti of the Zimbabwean Muslim community, says people can only feel liberated from physical insecurities when they embrace how Allah has created them.