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 […]
There was drama at Mangochi Police Station on Thursday when Members of the Muslim Community stormed the establishment to have a person arrested for being suspected to be behind the assault of People’s Party (PP) Provincial Chairperson for the Eastern Region Samson Msosa released. Msosa was earlier in the week attacked by some people he […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) provincial chair for the Eastern Region Samson Msosa has sustained a deep cut in the head after angry mob hacked him with an iron steel following a physical confrontation between the politican and one of the suspected attackers over the issue of taking Muslim women in Hijab to sing or dance […]
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 […]
Muslims in Malawi’s northern district of Mzimba are asking M’mbelwa District Council to establish separate selling points for pork from other meat in the district’s markets and have threatened to use force should the authorities fail to meet their demand. This comes four month after Village Headman Busiri of Traditional Authority Chowe in Malawi’s southern district of Mangochi issued a […]
Malawi Muslims on Tuesday pleaded with government to nationalize the birth of Prophet Muhammad as a public holiday. The Ziyarah Parade held each year on January 14th, which is regarded as Tuesday 12th Rabiul Awwal on the Moslem calendar brings together people of Islamic faith to commemorate the birth of their prophet Muhammad, the originator […]
President Joyce Banda and former Head of State Bakili Muluzi on Tuesday joined Malawian Muslims celebrated the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) which is called Meelad-un-Nabi . Banda joined the Ziyara Parade which started from Kanjedza Masjid in Limbe to Chichiri Stadium in the commercial city Blantyre. While Muluzi – a Mosque going […]
President Joyce Banda on Monday asked the people of Mangochi to put their differences aside and let peace prevail. The call by President Banda comes after a group of irate Muslims went on rampage in the district after a business man was found selling pork in an open market. President Banda called the faith leaders […]
Village Headman Busiri of Traditional Authority Chowe in Malawi’s eastern resort district of Mangochi has issued a seven-day ultimatum to his subjects rearing pigs to leave his area failing which he will instruct what he calls “concerned Muslims” to forcefully evict them. This comes few days after some sections of Muslims in the district claimed […]
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 […]
Malawi human rights activist Billy Mayaya has called for renouncing violence against non-Muslim groups in the eastern lakeshore district of Mangochi which is predominantly for Moslems. Mayaya told Nyasa Times that it’s worrisome to note about violence that erupted when a trader Paulo Msangwa slaughtered a pig and went to sell it at Maldeco Market in the district. This […]
The port seller Paulo Msangwa that stirred controversy and riots in Mangochi last week has lost the court case. The Mangochi First Grade Magistrate dismissed his demand for K85 000 compensation after irate Muslims confiscated the pork was selling in the district and buried. Magistrate Jack Njikho faulted both Msangwa and the people that confiscated […]
About four people have been arrested in connection with the shooting that took place in the eastern resort district of Mangochi following disagreements between the forest officials and members of the Seventhday Apostolic Church. For so many years, members of the Seventhday Apostolic Church have been occupying Chakulamawamba Forest Reserve situated few Kilometers away from […]
A man who was shot during the violent demonstrations in the resort district of Mangochi on Wednesday has died. The victim, identified as Peter Yusuf Muba, aged 18, was shot in the stomach. Despite hospital treatment, Muba died on Wednesday at Zomba Central Hospital and he is being laid to rest today at his home village […]
A group of irate Muslims went on rampage in the resort district of Mangochi on Wednesday damaging shops including Metro Peoples Trading Centre and forcing banks to close because one businessman was found selling pork in a market. Business came to a halt from 11 am until afternoon hours as sections of Muslims took the law into their […]
Muslim scholars in Malawi are expected to gather in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre this Sunday for a national conference which seeks to form an Islamic Banking and Financing Advisory Board that would oversee the process of establishment of the first ever Islamic Bank in the country. Leader of the organising committee, Adilu Chilungo says the conference scheduled […]
President Dr. Joyce Banda has deplored the tendency by some schools alleged to be denying Muslim learners opportunity to go for prayers on Fridays. Banda who officially opened this year’s Muslim Women Ijithima conference at Lunzu in Blantyre on Saturday said it did not make sense that children should be refused to attend a Mosque […]