One unique thing about islamic calendar is that it did not commence with something less significant. With divine guidance, it started with the sacrifice of the early muslims and the triumph of truth over evil. That is hijrah.

More than 1,000 pilgrims are still confined to a number of hospitals in Makkah for treatment of various ailments, Health Ministry’s spokesman Faisal Al-Zahrani said. He said the patients include some pilgrims who were injured in the crane crash in the Grand Mosque on Sept. 11 and others who sustained injuries during the Mina stampede.

As investigation continues on the fire that engulfed parts of Baitul-Futuh Mosque in London, two suspects have been nabbed – a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy. Both have since remained in custody at a south London police station. According to a reliable source, The fire started from the ground floor and through to the first floor of the building without affecting the mosque on the first floor.

AS dignitaries from far and near from no fewer than 207 countries who attended the 2015 World convention in London returned to their various countries, the lesson of hatred for none, love fore all still reverberates. The Ahmadi tenet of love for all, hatred for none is a fantastic ideology that is capable of bringing peace to the world. It is a mantra we desperately need to halt the impending conflagration.

The immediate past Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN has said that no act of terrorism shlould be linked with Islam. Fashola made this assertion during public presentaion of a book entitled: ‘Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Africaat’ held at the Muson Centre, Lagos, recently.