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In a recent development, the Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano detained 11 Muslims on Tuesday for consuming food during the fasting hours of Ramadan. Kano, with a predominantly Muslim population, operates under a dual legal system of Sharia alongside secular law. The Islamic police, known as Hisbah, …

Muslims around the globe have begun observing the fast for this year’s holy month of Ramadan, following the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia and Mекка. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, begins and ends with the sighting of the new moon. During this period, …

Muslims across the country have commenced fasting to mark the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan. This is after the Cheif Imam, through his spokesperson, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu, on Friday, April 1, 2022, declared, April 3, 2022, as the beginning of the month of Ramadan. He explained that the …