Day: November 6, 2021

Farooq Kperogi: I Beg To Disagree, by Bayo Adeyinka

Bayo Adeyinka

Growing up, I experienced how my Aunts visited our home. Almost all my aunts- my dad’s blood sisters- are Muslims. But my dad is a Christian. Whenever my aunts visited, they had their corner in our house where they prayed on their mats. I still recall how they clapped their hands to let us know they were praying anytime we kids disturbed. So I have cousins who are Muslims. I actually have more cousins who are Muslims than Christians. In the early 80s up to the mid 90s, my dad…

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Ikoyi Tragedy and Casual Bigotry Against Yoruba Muslims, By Farooq A. Kperogi

Farooq A. Kperogi

Amid the grief of the heartrendingly tragic collapse of the 21-storey luxury apartment building in Ikoyi, Lagos, a sadly familiar, barely acknowledged but nonetheless insidiously widespread anti-Muslim bigotry in Yoruba land came to light. A Yoruba Muslim by the name of Adebowale Sikiru revealed in an interview with a YouTube news channel called AN 24 that he was rejected for a job at the Ikoyi construction site because of his Muslim faith. He applied for the position of a site engineer and was found qualified enough to deserve being invited…

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JUST IN: Popular Tijaniyah Muslim Sect Leader, Sheikh AlFalaky, dies at 104

Dawood Rabiu

Details have emerged on how Sheikh Abdul Azeez Muhammad Raji Bello Temitope Opeyemi, popularly known as Al-Falaky, died six days to his popular annual event which usually attract Muslims from across Africa. Platforms Africa reports that Sheikh Al-Falaky breathed his last on Wednesday evening at his hometown in Iganna, Oyo State. He is widely believed to be over 104 years of age. The deceased is a prominent spiritual leader based in Iganna town in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. Al-Falaky was a staunch follower of late Sheikh Ibrahim…

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