Tag: Islamic cleric

NAF airstrike: “We need answers, not condolences” – Gumi

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Gumi on NAF airstrike

…Demands probe  Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has called for an urgent investigation into the Nigerian Air Force airstrike that reportedly killed more than 50 civilians at a weekly market in Jilli village along the Borno–Yobe border. Reacting in a Facebook post yesterday, Gumi questioned the accountability of those responsible for the operation, asking who authorised and executed the bombings that hit innocent civilians. He cited previous incidents, including the Tudun-Biri bombing and other reported strikes in Nasarawa and Sokoto, describing them as part of a troubling pattern of…

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Enugu: Islamic cleric, Sarkin Hausawa held for alleged ₦100m fraud

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Enugu Islamic cleric

Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 74-year-old Islamic scholar and Director of the Islamic Centre, Uwani, Enugu, Musa Ani, alongside the Sarkin Hausawa of Enugu, Suleiman Haruna Sule, for an alleged ₦100m fraud. According to reports, Ani was apprehended by operatives at the Islamic Centre last Friday, February 27, 2026, following allegations of financial mismanagement. Sule, who doubles as Chairman of the United Inter-Community Traditional Council of Chiefs, was reportedly detained on Saturday when he visited the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to secure bail for Ani. The arrests…

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Alleged foreign counter-terrorism agenda: “I’ve been marked for elimination” – Gumi 

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Gumi on foreign agenda

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has claimed that security sources in Abuja warned him that his name had been listed among individuals allegedly marked for elimination in connection with the Boko Haram insurgency. Gumi made the allegation while addressing worshippers, saying he received an early-morning phone call from a senior security source who informed him that his name had surfaced during a high-level security meeting. The cleric said: “They called me from Abuja and said there was a security meeting. I was told that I have been marked for elimination.…

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2027: “Reject any candidate opposing Shari’ah Courts” – Lekki Chief Imam urges Muslims

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Lekki Chief Imam

Muslims in the South-West region have been urged to reject any governorship candidate who refuses to commit to the establishment of Shari’ah courts in their States.  This was the position of the Chief Imam of Lekki Central Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Ridwan Jamiu, over the on-going contentious issue of Sharia courts establishment in Yoruba land.  Dr. Jamiu, while delivering the Jumaat sermon last Friday at Lekki Central Mosque, said candidates need to be held accountable for their stance, especially on Shari’ah courts. Calling on Muslims to carefully assess their political choices,…

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Taron Malaman Kur’ani: “Masu Adawa Da Dhirin Su Sake Tunani” – Farfesa Khailani Moh’d

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Wasu yan Nigeria na ta bayyana ra’ayoyin su game da taƙƙadama akan taron masana alkur’ani da ake shirin yi a Abuja, babban birnin tarayyar Nigeria. A yayin da wasu ke yabawa da shirin a wani yunkuri na haɗa kan al’ummar ƙasan, da kuma yiwa ƙasa addu’a wasu na sukar shirin, wanda a cewarsu ya na da nasaba da siyasa. Farfesa Khailani Mohammed yana ɗaya daga cikin masu goyon bayan shirin, kuma a tsokacin da ya yi da ƴan jarida a ƙarshen makon nan ya ce: ” Na farko dai a…

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Quranic Scholars Conference: “Opponents of initiative should have a rethink” – Professor Khailani Moh’d

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As Abuja prepares to host a major conference of Quran scholars, Nigerians remain divided over the initiative. While some view it as a step toward unity and national progress, others have criticized it  on the grounds that it is politically-motivated. Professor Khailani Mohammed is one of the proponents of the initiative; and in response to the debate on the issue, said: “First of all, in this country, we have more Quran scholars than Saudi Arabia or the Arab world; yet, their governments  has not provided them with any assistance. “Secondly,…

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“Expect Shari’ah Court establishment” — Islamic cleric

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Islamic cleric on Shariah

A recent video featuring the Mufti of Iwo, Sheikh  Dawood, Malaasan, has stirred public discourse across Yoruba States, following the introduction of Shari’ah Court in Oyo State. In the video, the cleric passionately defended the establishment of a Shari’ah court in Oyo State, and issued warnings to those opposing the initiative. The Sheikh is heard making inflammatory statements, saying: “To those of you in Oyo State who dare oppose the Shari’ah court, you should know that your mothers were not born well to have given birth to you. You can…

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Nigeria can be best nation in Africa – Mufti Menk

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Popular Islamic scholar, Mufti Ismail ibn-Musa Menk, has said that Nigeria could be the best African nation and a shining example for the rest of the continent, when he visited President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Grand Mufti of Zimbabwes Muslim community and Head of the fatwa department for the Council of Islamic Scholars of Zimbabwe, while speaking after the meeting, said he and other Islamic scholars were in Abuja for a peace and unity convention scheduled for this weekend. Menk, who said countries failed…

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Katsina: Defend yourselves against bandits – Cleric tells communities

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A Katsina-based cleric, Sheikh Musa Ibrahim Faskari, has advised communities ravaged by banditry to take up arms and defend themselves. In a Friday sermon that went viral on social media, the Islamic scholar said Islam encouraged people who were being attacked and killed to take arms and defend themselves. According to him, communities were allowed to take up arms in order to defend five things: religion, lives, wealth, dignity and family. He further said, We have seen how our towns and villages are full with security agents; but we are…

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Murdered Islamic Cleric: NSCIA calls for calm among Muslims

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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), has called for calm across Muslim communities in Yobe State and beyond, over the recent murder of an Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Goni Aisami Gashua. Recall that Sheikh Aisami was murdered last Friday by two suspected soldiers, Lance-Corporals John Gabriel and Adamu Gideon, of the 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State. According to reports, the Sheikh was on his way to Gashua from Nguru, when he offered to give a ride to a soldier he met at the military check-point to Jaji-Maji, situated…

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