Islamic Forum

Islamic Forum

Hijrah 1444: The meaning and ‘meaning of meaning’ of migration (II)

But in reading the Qur’an for the Hijrah we run into a brick wall. This is because the Hijra is not effusively celebrated by the Qur’an. No chapter is

‘Hijab not an obstacle to female Muslims’

The Executive Director of Hijab Right Advocacy, Mutiat Orolu Balogun, has said the use of Hijab does not constitute an obstacle to female Muslimahs to

Tributes as Lagos’ Baba Adinni clocks 100

Prominent Islamic and political leaders have extolled the virtues of the Executive Chairman of Lagos Central Mosque who is also the Baba Adinni of Lag

Hijrah 1444: The meaning and “meaning of meaning” of migration (I)

A thousand, four hundred and thirty-three years ago, history stood as witness to the emigration of seventy men and women from Mecca to Medina. In the

UN scolds France for hijab ban

France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a headscarf while she studied at a school, a United Nations committ