Umma University pumps $1.8 million into expansion to bolster Islamic religious studies in Kenya
Speaking at the commissioning, President William Ruto said the government is committed to empowering universities to produce a new generation of graduates who are skilled, ethical and innovative, ready to create jobs, drive technology and address the nation’s pressing challenges.
Kenyan intelligence shuts down Quba Islamic Centre in Garissa fearing infiltration by Somali militants
Garissa branch SUPKEM chairperson, Sheikh Abdullahi Salat, said that it was shameful that religious people who were supposed to bring people together were now dividing them. Sheikh Salat reiterated that SUPKEM was fully supporting the government’s move to shut the place down and called for the arrest of all those fuelling the conflicts.
43 worshippers killed in Catholic Church by ADF rebels in Ituri Province of DR Congo
The ADF has roots in Uganda dating back to the 1990s. Following the overthrow of long-term dictator, Idi Amin, a coalition of various discontent groups saw the new government of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni as anti-Muslim.
Israel bars thousands of Palestinians from Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world’s third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the Temple Mount, saying it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.