PresidentLazarus Chakwera has wished all Muslims in the country the very best as they begin their observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan, a festival that includes a month of fasting and prayer. This is the second Ramadan to fall during the coronavirus pandemic, meaning some communities will be celebrating amid Covid restrictions. Believers taking […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Mchinji North East, Esther Majaza has donated food items to Muslims in her constituency as they are observing the holy month of Ramadan. Majaza, a devout Moslem herself, made the donation to all the 11 Mosques in her constituency. Speaking during the donation ceremony, Majaza who is Deputy Minister of […]
President Peter Mutharika has sent a message of goodwill to all Muslims in Malawi as they join the global Muslim community in observing the Holy month of Ramadh, one of the five pillars of Islam that calls for fasting. Ramadhan is meant to renew the Muslims awareness and show gratitude for God’s grace. This year, […]
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) spokesperson Dinala Chabulika has disclosed that this year’s month of Ramadan will be tough comparing to previous years as the outbreak of Covid-19 will have a significant impact on the observance of holy month of fasting. Chabulika said his while announcing that Muslims in the country will observe the Holy […]
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 […]
Quadria Muslim Association of Malawi (QMAM) has advised the Muslim community in the country to promote peace, unity and co-exist with people of other denominations as they observe the Holy Month of Ramadhan. Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar in which Muslims across the world fast for 30 days and this year’s […]
President Peter Mutharika and the First Lady have said they are wishing all Muslims a peaceful fasting and unity in this holy Month of Ramadan – a period marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and good deeds. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times by presidential press secretary Mgeme Kalilani, President Mutharika and the […]
UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima has asked Muslims who are preparing for the commencement of the holy period of Ramadan to use the period to pray for peaceful May 21 Tripartite Elections. Ramadan is a period of one full month that the faithful undertake a dawn – dusk fasting which primarily entails abstinence from […]
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 have been admiring the moon these evenings with hopeful anticipation. Night by night the waning crescent moon approaches a new moon, and at the very first hint of a new crescent just after dusk in the sky will herald the start of the ninth Muslim lunar month: Ramadan. Malawi Muslims will from next Tuesday […]
Muslims are today expected to start fasting in the Holy month of Ramadhan , spokesperson for the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) Sheikh Dinala Chabulika has confirmed in an interview. “This year, our calendar might end on Friday 26 May, marking the start of our ninth month on our Hijr calendar. The new moon might […]