Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) with funding from a Kuwait business person will be giving out Sharia-compliant interest free loans to the youths. Sharia has no jurisdiction in Malawi and the loans will in no way pave for compliance of the Islamic loans but only putting their faith in practise. According to the Islamic faith, […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Friday met a group of prominent local religious leaders at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, where he urged them to stand alongside Government since they are partners. Critics say the church pastors and sheiks are being too soft on the government, refusing to condemn Mutharika and his cronies for alleged abuses […]
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has pleaded with government and the donor community to continue provide the basic necessities families affected by floods in the country until the next growing season. National Chairperson for MAM, Sheikh Muhammad Idrissa, made the appeal when he visited and cheered families devastated by floods at Nkhungubwe Evacuation Camp in […]
Malawi’s minority Muslim population has been pushing the government to declare the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday a public holiday, but the three-year campaign has been plagued by disagreement among Islamic scholars. A group of Muslim scholars discourages the celebration. Sheikh Imran Sheriff, who chairs the Supreme Council of Ulemas, said: “We don’t celebrate because, according to […]
President Peter Mutharika has described the cordial relationship that exists between the Muslim community and Government as an important step towards the country’s development. Mutharika made the remarks Sunday afternoon at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre when he hosted a delegation from the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM). The President stressed the importance of joint efforts […]
President Peter Mutharika Sunday joined the Malawi Muslims community in the Ziyara Parade held ingthe capital city Lilongwe organized by Muslims to celebrate the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The President said throughout his life, Prophet Muhammad preached about love and unity and ask Malawians to emulate the life of the Holy prophet and […]
Malawi-renowned gay rights campaigner, Gift Trapence has spoken against all prejudice, discrimination and hate crime on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex (LGBTI) people. Trapence writing jointly with rights campaigner Timothy Mtambo writing in their ‘Sexual Minority’ column in the Weekend Nation newspaper, urged for fair and open society. They were reacting to a communique signed by Catholic bishops from East and […]
Thousands of Muslims gathered Monday for the prayer of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Chichiri Stadium Upper Ground in the commercial city of Blantyre amid calls for peaceful co-existence among religions. The festivities involve thanksgiving, merriment, feasting and the exchange of gifts and traditionally begin upon […]
Muslims in lakeshore eastern district of Mangochi on Friday held a peaceful demonstration and presented a petition to the District Commissioner (DC), demanding an immediate stop to the use of Muslim women as dancers at political rallies. The petition was received on behalf of the DC by Director of finance for Mangochi District Council, Daveson […]
The Chairman of the Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society, African Continent, State of Kuwait, Jassim Mohammed Ai-Einati has said statements from some quarters who cite the Qu’ran that women cannot made good leaders are due to ignorance of Islamic teachings. ”We have just elected many female Members of Parliament in Kuwait, which proves wrong […]
Muslim Commission for Social Justice (MCSJ) has sparked controversy with comments according to Islamic teachings, a woman is not supposed to be a leader of any kind. Speaking at a news conference n Lilongwe Thursday, MCSJ Executive Director Abdul Aziz Shouaib Jameson said as per the Islamic religion teachings, any nation led by a woman has […]
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) are calling for homosexual people in the country to be given the death penalty. This suggestion comes at a time as some Civil Society Organisations (CSO) are pushing for the country to abolish the statute that penalise the act. Currently the maximum jail term sentence for those found guilty by the courts is 14 […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Tuesday invited leaders of the country’s two Muslim organisations, Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) and Majilis Ulama in the capital Lilongwe during which she pleaded with them to help detaching Muslim links with former Transport Minister and the ruling party’s vice president Sidick Mia who has unceremoniously dumped government and […]
The Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) chairperson Sheikh Mohammed Idrissa and one of the prominent sheikhs Dinala Chabulika have strongly condemned the conduct of some sections of Muslims in Mangochi who claim that they have declared the eastern lakeshore resort district an Islamic State. Last week, Muslims in Mangochi carried a placard which had words […]
The Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) has issued a statement condemning Sheikh Mdala Ali Tambuli and human rights activists who are pushing for the legalization of homosexuality in the country. MAM claims that homosexuality is not only evil and sinful but also illegal and criminalized under Sections 153 and 156 of the Penal Code (Laws […]
Some Muslim women in the country are threatening to boycott this year’s Muslim women annual conference known as Ijtima in Arabic should the main organizing committee press ahead with using the new cloth for the event which has been printed in the ruling’s People’s Party (PP) colours. Women who wanted to buy the cloth from the members […]
Minister of Transports and Public Works, Sidik Mia has disclosed that plans to open an Islamic university in the country to promote modern education among Muslims will be rolled out soon with support from Direct AId Society from Kuwait. Mia, who is People’s Party Vice President (South), said this on Saturday when he took Mangochi […]
Reports reaching Nyasa Times indicate that prominent sheikhs in Malawi early last week stormed offices of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) demanding an immediate withdraw of a fine it imposed on the country’s only Islamic radio station, Radio Islam for unprofessional conduct. Macra had recently slapped Radio Islam with a $625 (about K260, 000) fine for denigrating […]