Imam Bai Ebrima Cham, Chief Executive of Ansarudeen Fraternity paid a courtesy call on H.E Dr Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner of the Gambia in U.K . Sheikh Bai Cham was accompanied by Mr. Ebrahim Nyass and Aji Suma Secka to present a special letter of invitation for their 27th years […]
Religion
Conscirncism Revisited; Traditional Africa, Islam, Christianity
By Sainey Faye In his book ‘Consciencism – Philosophy And ideology For decolonization’ Kwame Nkrumah notes:- “With true independence regained, however, a new harmony needs to be forged, a harmony that will allow the combined presence of traditional Africa, Islamic Africa, and Euro-Christian Africa, so that this presence is in […]
Gambians Lose A Big Tree
The death of Caliph General of Sutukung in Eastern Jarra in Lower River Region has hit so many people like a thunderbolt. Alhagie Abdul Wahab Jabbie, who answered to the Allah’s call on Saturday, was an exemplary servant of Allah who left behind a huge vacuum not only in the […]
President Barrow’s Eid Message
Fellow Gambians, Distinguished Viewers, I thank and praise the Almighty Allah for granting us the blessing of witnessing the end of Ramadan, once again. With delight, I congratulate the Muslim community on this great occasion of Eid ul-Fitr and I pay tribute to all Muslims for having observed the month […]
Rare Autobiography By Enslaved West African Scholar
By Wendi Maloney This is a guest post by Mary-Jane Deeb, chief of the African and Middle Eastern Division. Omar Ibn Said. Courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. In the summer of 2017, the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress acquired a […]
OIC Piles Pressure On Myanmar
By Abdoulie John The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations Against the Rohingya ended Sunday its meeting in The Gambia with a renewed commitment to apply more pressure on Myanmar as the Muslim minority continues to face persecution. “The OIC must […]
Barrow Urges Religious Co-existence
Gambian President Adama wants the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians in the country. Barrow made the statement at State House where he welcomed the Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Dakar on Wednesday. Read below the press release that contains President Barrow’s statement. President Barrow has stressed the importance of peaceful […]
‘I Find Solution To Islamic Finance’
Gambian financial guru sees Islamic finance as the panacea to economic problems. “While everyone searched for solutions for the global financial meltdown resulting from credit crunch in 2008, I had found salvation in Islamic Finance,” Kemo Barrow told a class of graduating students in Detroit. At the time of the crisis, […]
Imam Jaiteh Will Never Be Forgotten
In the last years the city of Lleida in Spain had undergone a great deal of economic, social and cultural as well as demographic transformations. The city had become an urban area with a great variety of people from all over the world. The history of Lleida cannot be completed […]
Eid Goes Beyond Remembering Allah
Gambian President has said that Eid-ul-Fitr feast goes beyond remembering Allah. In his Eid message, published below, President Adama Barrow said: “Eid-ul-Fitr is not only about remembering Allah and offering gratitude to him but it is also a day we are reminded of our religious duty of sharing and caring […]
Ramadan the Month of the Holy Qur’an and Piousness
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PG CerTHE, FHEA, FRSA), Professor of Islamic Studies & Contemporary World and Researcher at the University of Dundee The month of Ramadan (fasting) is an annual training for a Muslim to return to his Creator, to purify and cleanse themselves from impurities. It is departure from […]
Fundamental Beliefs of the Ahmadiyyah
By BB Sanneh Following the recent infamous incident at the Tallinding cemetery which has unfortunately galvanised a lot of ignorant and uninformed utterances from many pseudo religious authorities on the social media platforms, I am compelled to debunk some mysteries surrounding this very controversial issue. Most of us should understand […]