Sheik Abdul Kalisinje who was an executive member of United Democratic Front (UDF)and Radio Islam journalist Abdul Aziz Onile have passed on . Kalisinje passed on at Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Blantyre on the night of Tuesday,14th July, 2015. Until Burial will take place on Wednesday, July 15th, at Liwonde in Machinga District. Death […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Atupele Muluzi, who is also president of the United Democratic Front (UDF) has said as Muslims go through the Holy month of Ramadhan, it is a season for heightened reflection, worship, compassion and community. Ramadan is a sacred month of fasting from dawn to dusk and is observed […]
Chairperson of the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) Sheikh Idrissa Muhammad is under intense attack by some concerned Muslims in Malawi who are accusing him of diverting associations’ money into his personal account and money laundering. A concerned Muslim Rafick Alison alleges that Sheikh Muhammad was at one time admitted having putting donor money into […]
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, […]
Seven Malawian Muslim students at International University of Africa (IUA) in Sudan appeared in court on Sunday in Sudan following their arrest on 21 May by Soba police. They were expected to take a plea on allegation of beating up fellow Malawian student for spying on them. The students Rasheed Kadwala, Rodriq Chipande, Sulaiman Jalasi, […]
Former Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) National Chairman Sheikh Yusuf Kanyamula has died. Kanyamula who until his death was a member of MAM Board of Trustees died in the wee hours of Monday 2 March, 2015. The Sheikh , who served as member of Public Affairs Committee and translated Holy Quran from Arabic to Chichewa, who […]
A traditional leader in Malawi’s central district of Dedza, Sultan Tambala has ordered traders who sell pork at main market there, to stop selling pork until he look into the complaints by Muslims that those who are selling meat from pigs are violating the rights of Muslims. A local radio said Muslims in the area […]
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 […]
Bilal Trust, an Islamic charitable organization, has sourced school, medical equipment and clothes worth almost K60 million which they are distributing in various schools and hospitals in three districts of Malawi. The items were sourced from the United Kingdom through a UK based charitable organization National Police Aid and Convoy of Nottinghamshire and the district […]
A renowned South African Muslim spiritual artist Zain Bhikha is expected to perform live in the country from January 23 in Blantyre and Lilongwe. Communication Director for the Classic, organizers of the show, Bashir Amin told a local radio Capital FM that the proceeds of the events will go towards bankrolling the 2015 Malawi Muslim Awards (MMA) […]
Malawi Muslims have started a campaign to make, the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, a national holiday like Christmass day, the birth of Jesus Christ for Christians. Executive director for Al-Traq Qadeia Sunni Association Faizal Aboo said having a national celebration for the prophet’s birthday would enable the Muslims in Malawi to have an annual […]
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 […]
The Muslim community in Malawi has intensified efforts to use teachings from the Holy Quran in order to safeguard the sanctity of marriage and reduce soaring rates of divorce. Sheikh Muhammad Uthuman, a marriage Counsellor at the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) told OnIslam.net that Islam considered marriage as the bedrock of faith. “And in […]
Muslim families in the country are encouraged to send their children to Madrassa for them to acquaint themselves with Islamic knowledge including reciting the Holy Quran. National leader of Muslims in the country Mufti Abbas said this on Sunday in Blantyre during the presentation of awards to those who participated in the National Holy Quran Recitation competition. […]
Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom through its spokesman Yusuf Yaasi has called upon President Peter Mutharika to urgently intervene on the ongoing strikes in the country. From courtroom staff on strike for the past five months to primary school teachers boycotting classes to obtain salaries not paid for the past six months, labour militancy […]
Malawians Muslims are attributing the coming of the rains to the prayers they have been holding for the past three days asking God to open the downpour to this southern African country which relies on rain-fed agriculture. Until Tuesday night Malawi especially in the southern region has been experiencing dry spell although weather history show […]
Malawi Muslim community are opposing the proposed authoritarian law that would limit number of children per family. The proposed legislation has been suggested recently by some of the country’s most influential traditional leaders who have argued that the rapid population growth was overstretching delivery of basic social services. But the supreme Muslim body, ULAMA Council […]
The Muslim mother body in Malawi the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has distanced itself from accusations it says are made by the Malawi police officers linking the religious body and its members to a terrorist organization. General Secretary for MAM Sheikh Dr. Salmin Omar Idruss said in a statement issued Sunday that the association […]