Deputy minister of lands Abida Sidik Mia spent her weekend distributing meat from livestock sacrificed to hundreds of families in the Shire Valley on the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival. Abida Mia, who is also legislator for Chikwawa-Nkombezi, conducted the distribution of meat in collaboration with the World Muslim League. “This Eid, we must remember those […]
Unknown people believed to Christians have vandalized a Muslim billboard with a message urging people to read what it calls the last Testament, the Holy Quran having read the Old and New Testaments. The vandalism came barely hours after the Evangelical Association of Malawi reacted angrily to the mounting of the billboard describing it as […]
State Vice President Saulos Chilima has urged Malawians to peacefully co-exist and enjoy their freedom of worship which he said can not be interfered with by anyone. Chilima said this when he attended prayers marking the celebration of Eid al-Fitr (the feast of breaking the Fast) in Salima on Sunday under the invitation of the […]
Government says this year’s holiday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr marking the end of the Islamic Holy month of Ramadhan, will be held on Monday. Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development Charles Kalemba says the declaration of the holiday follows advice from the Muslim Association of Malawi. “The announcement of the actual sighting of the new […]
Muslim Youth United, a philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi, on Monday donated 273kgs of meat to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre in celebration of Eid al-Adha to spread some festive cheer to patients. Eid al-Adha or festival of the sacrifice is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year. It honours […]
Malawians across the country are today celebrating Eid ul fitr, a celebration which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadhan. There are street parades in designated roads and streets in all the regions and cities, thereafter, there will be feasting to mark the end of a mandatory 30-day fasting. Fasting is one of […]
Eid Mubarak! Malawi will this Wednesday observe Eid ul fitr public holiday marking the end of the Islamic Holy month of Ramadhan when Muslims fast, or go without food and drinks, between sunrise and sunset. The celebration of Eid al-Fitr also signals the first day in the month of Shawwal. The date of this festival […]
Muslims in the country have hailed President Peter Mutharika as a “truly tolerant leader” who is poised at making sure that the whole citizenry enjoys the freedom of worship without any setbacks. According to some Muslims who spoke with Nyasa Times on the sidelines of Eid-al-Adha on Wednesday, the fact that Mutharika has been repeatedly seen with […]
Millions of Muslims around the world gathered to mark one of the holiest days in their religious calendar, Eid al-Adha. In Malawi, the main event took place at Kamuzu Upper Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday, August 22, 2018. Hundreds of Muslims clad in their religious attire attended the special prayers at Kamuzu Upper Stadium where […]
President Peter Mutharika has issued a special message to the Muslim community as it prepares to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr this weekend following the end of Ramadan and other political leaders have also added their voice. The crescent of the Shawwal moon has been sighted and Friday is public Eid holiday in Malawi. Eid Mubarak signifies the close of weeks of reverential […]
Government has advised Malawians to prepare for the moon driven Muslim Eid holiday either this Friday or Monday depending on the sighting of the moon. The end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan is marked by the key Muslism festival of Eid al-Fitr, in which Muslim families gather for the “feast of breaking the fast”. […]
Muslims across the country will on Friday September 1, 2017 celebrate Eid al-Adha, the three-day Islamic festival after the Hajj – the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca that all believers who can afford it are required to perform once. Eid al-Abha is one of the two most important Islamic festivals, and is […]
Muslims in the country joined the rest of the world to commemorate Eid al-Fitr, to mark the end of Ramadhan – a 30 day mandatory fasting -with a call to them to fight and resist corruption. Speaking at Kamuzu Stadium Upper Stadium, Sheikh Mohammed Osman, the chairman of board of trustees of Nikkah and other […]
Officials from the Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) say candidates will sit for the MSCE examination on Monday as per time table, a designated Eid Mubarak holiday. Maneb spokesperson Simeon Maganga was reacting to concerns from some sections of the Muslim community who said Maneb should have shifted the Monday Malawi School Certificate of Education […]
Malawians will Monday June 26 observe a public holiday following a declaration by Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development it is a holiday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr marking the end of the Islamic Holy month of Ramadhan. Eid or Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting that started on […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi on Monday joined Muslims in the country when they celebrated the Eid al-Adha, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar. Muluzi took a break from his high level K1.7 billion corruption case which is falling de to lack of objective material evidence linking to corruption. He returns […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi high level corruption case has been adjourned to Wednesday next week to allow the former leader celebrate Eid in his home district of Machinga – as a devout Muslim. Muluzi’ lead lawyer Tamando Chokotho made the application after grilling the state lead witness Victor Banda who is also former deputy director of […]
Regime propaganda machinery is at work to divert citizens attention on pressing issue and one has been to fake a statement purportedly signed by Reverend Levy Nyondo the General Secretary of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in the Synod of Livingstonia in the northern part of Malawi, had restricted followers and employees from […]