Religion
President Barrow Declares Yawmul Ashura Public Holiday
His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia acting under the provisions of section 76 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia declares Saturday, 29th August 2020 as a public Holiday throughout The Gambia [...]
UK Soldier Found Guilty of Racially Abusing Gambian Colleague
A British soldier in the Coldstream Guards has been found guilty of racially abusing a colleague after he expressed his happiness that Muslims had been ‘butchered’ just 10 days after the New Zealand mosque attack. Lance Sergeant Derek McHugh [...]
Remembering The Erudite Sheikh Gibril Kujabi
And worship your lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death)’’ Is one of the various ways in which the Quran asserts the certainty of death. On the 23rd of April, 2013 will certainly go down the history books [...]
More Than D50,000 Was Paid By GSIC In Exchange For The Freedom Of 12 Convicted Prisoners
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council under the dynamic leadership of Alhagie Muhammad Lamin Touray, on Tuesday financially aided 12 convicted prisoner to once again enjoy their long lost freedom after spending copious nights in jail for committing different crimes. The [...]
CONCERNED CITIZENS’ REACTION TO THE REJECTED DRAFT CONSTITUTION
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Supreme Islamic Council Calls Gambians To Snub French Products
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council on Thursday 29th October 2020, issued a formal statement calling on Muslims around the globe, especially Gambians, to boycott all French products being sold in The Gambian soil in solidarity with prophet Muhammad. In Mid [...]
UWT: UK Based Global Charity Foundation Continues To Award Cash Grants To Needy Gambians.
Ummah Welfare Trust helped another 1,000 deaf and visually impaired beneficiaries with hardship grants in the Gambia, many of whom were accompanied and guided by young children. The program has now come to an end with emotions running high, many [...]
Sex Workers Should Not Be Deprived Of Basic Human Needs— Ba Kawsu
Imam Baa Kawsu Fofana is the latest Islamic scholar to share his opinion on the ongoing squabble weather or not to extend financial assistance to commercial sex whose business has been affected due to COVID-19 . According to him, they [...]
Gambian Christian Community Expresses Outrage Over One PAC’s Picture On The Cross
The Gambian Christian Community have talked to social media expressing outrage and disappointment over a Gambian artist called ‘One Pac’ for caricaturing and mimicking the cheristian faith by exhibiting his personal picture on the cross. This act is described by [...]
Women-Led Isamic Organization,GamFem, Officially Launched.
Great Ambitious Muslimah For Education And Modestly dubbed ’GamFem’, a new Women-Led Islamic organisation that seeks to empower women and girls through Islamic teachings, on Friday, 25th December 2020, officially launched the organisation to the general public at Paradise Suite [...]