Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label islam

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 reportes in Nigeria

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21

Why Liz Anjorin dumped Christianity for Islam

Five years ago, most reactions to why Nollywood actress, Liz Anjorin dumped Christianity for Islam was that a man made her change her faith. The actress has now taken to her Instagram page to reveal her reasons for the decision. She wrote, “When my mom died, more than ten churches rejected her corpse for burial.” She said despite her desperation and sorrow, she couldn’t find a church to help her. She added, “Through it all, it was the faith I rejected that stood by me, prayed for my mom’s corpse, performed only the necessary rites while the church only gave us burial space after much fuss.” According to her, after this, she pledged to go to Hajj and became a Muslim ever since.

Egyptian Court Upholds Actor Adel Imam's Sentence for Insulting Islam

       A court in Egypt has upheld the three-month prison sentence given to comic actor Adel Imam .    Adel Imam, the Arab world's most famous comic actor, had a conviction and three-month prison sentence for insulting Islam in his films and plays overturned on appeal     Imam, 71, had poked fun at officials in his comedies and politicians of all colors during a 40-year career, although he was publicly criticized by many Egyptians for failing to back protests against former President Hosni Mubarak. .   The 71-year-old was initially found guilty in absentia in February in a case brought by an Islamist lawyer,    A misdemeanor court has overruled the verdict handed down in February against Imam, citing the " absence of a crime ", Imam was also fined $170 (£105) by the court in the capital, Cairo.     Imam's lawyer confirmed he would appeal against the verdict, which he said was "given on the wrong legal...