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  "Unveil Me My Love" (2006) is a historical fiction novel by Nigerian writer Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, known by his pen name Orikinla Osinachi. It tells an emotional and dramatic story set in early Arabia. Plot and Theme The Main Character : A captain of Prophet Muhammad, puh, in Arabia. The Conflict : He falls deeply in love with Aisha bint Abu Bakr, the young wife of the Prophet. The Journey : Leading ladies of Islam love him, but his intense longing for Aisha remains unfulfilled. The Ending: He leaves his quest behind, goes back to Abyssinia, leaves Islam, and becomes a Christian. Author: Orikinla Osinachi Release Date: October 17, 2006 Page Count: 39 pages Language English Category Fiction Binding Type Hardcover Case Wrap Interior Color Black & White Dimensions US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm) Format: Hardcover / Paperback Copyright All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License Not sold in public. Available by private orders. US$30...

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا مسرور احمد) (born September 15, 1950) is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. 14 Feb 2012 18:52 Africa/Lagos Muslim Leader Speaks of Islamophobia at Opening of New Mosque LONDON, February 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Muslims urged to cast aside differences of religion, ethnicity and nationality for the sake of peace and unity A clarion call to Muslims to set aside differences and work relentlessly for peace and unity in the UK has been made on the occasion of the opening of a new mosque in South East London. To mark the opening, and as part of its ongoing commitment to serving mankind, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community donated thousands of pounds to British charities. Representatives of all major religions had gathered for the inaugural ceremony of the new GBP675,000 mosque in Catford, which had been funded entirely from voluntary donations from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community - many of whom had donated jewellery, savings an...

Nigeria Secret Police: The problems in Domestic Intelligence ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D. The various entities that are concerned with domestic intelligence matters the State Security Service (SSS) especially are faced with unusual challenges in today’s Nigeria. The State Secret Service and other national intelligence agencies in their collective capacity, remain as the main eyes protecting various essential blind spots in our society as they relate to the safety and wellbeing of our citizens, everyone and everything representing the government’s interest. Currently, as a people, we have become a more security-conscious society and consequently very concerned about terrorist-related crimes, and this has contributed to the increasing demand for a better output from our intelligence, security and law enforcement agents. In terms of technological weapons and equipment much progress has being made within these agencies with the arming of agents with powerful assault rifles. With the p...

Nigerians protesting against corruption. Photo Credit: MSNBC Photo Blog Between Dogs and Idiots Nigerians are known as very religious people who are almost equally divided between Christianity and Islam, the two most popular religions in the world. Millions of the Christians love flocking to their different churches every Sunday and millions of the Muslims flock to their mosques every Friday and even cause traffic jams along their routes. But God knows that majority of them are UNFAITHFUL to their FAITH, because they don't even practice what their faith requires and which is a shame no matter how you twist it. To me the most popular religion in Nigeria is Hypocrisy, because majority of Nigerians are the devotees of this religion of conceit and deceit. And these hypocrites are proud of their religion from the street to the pulpit and from the bedroom to the boardroom. Those who are not like them are the endangered species among them. They don't read and when they even read, the...

27 Jan 2012 16:30 Africa/Lagos 'The Third Jihad' Producers Respond to Anti-Islam Claims NEW YORK, January 27, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Film narrated by devout American Muslim; Features top national security experts; Received praise from leading policy makers The producers of The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America have a direct response to media outlets that have referred to the critically-acclaimed documentary as an "anti-Islam" or "hateful" film. "Claims that The Third Jihad is an anti-Islam film are ignorant and misinformed," says Raphael Shore, Producer of The Third Jihad. "These claims are meant simply to defame the filmmakers and prevent the public from judging the film for themselves." The film opens with the following frame in bold letters for all viewers to read: "This is not a film about Islam. It is about the threat of radical Islam. Only a small percentage of the world's 1.3 billion Mus...

Boko Haram Dares President Goodluck Jonathan; Vows To Attack Christians Masked members of Boko Haram. Photo Credit: AFP. In apparent dismissal of the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan on New Year’s Eve, Abul Qaqa a spokesman of the dreaded Islamist group Boko Haram has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country's north and threatened to confront troops according to the latest report from Agence France-Presse (AFP). Scene of the Christmas Day Bombing of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla near Abuja in Niger State.Photo Credit: 360 Nobs . Abul Qaqa said they are giving southerners living in the north a three-day ultimatum to leave. "We find it pertinent to state that soldiers will only kill innocent Muslims in the local government areas where the state of emergency was declared," he told journalists in Hausa language in a phone conference late Sunday. "We would confront them squarely to protect our brothers.". Qaqa said ...

A shining cross in a dark place. Photo Credit: Live the Cross . All Wise Christians In The North Should Fellowship And Worship In Their Homes « on: Today at 10:56:23 AM » All wise Christians in the middle belt and northern regions should fellowship and worship in their homes from henceforth until the government can prove that your lives and properties would be safe. Even at home, please BE VIGILANT AND READY TO DEFEND YOUR FAMILIES, HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THE ENEMIES DO NOT SLEEP, SO STOP SLEEPING. ONLY FOOLS SLEEP WHEN THEIR HOME IS ON FIRE. You all must learn from our Lord Jesus Christ as He advised us in the following words: 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. ~MATTHEW 10-14-15 The problem with majority of my so called Christian brethren is lack of wisdom and disobedience of the advice of J...

An Igbo member of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group was arrested Tuesday by the State Security Services (SSS) in Nigeria. The Guardian of Nigeria reported that the 31-year-old Igbo man was suspected to be part of the terrorists who carried out the April 8, 2011 bombing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Suleja, Niger State. The SSS, which declined to disclose the name of the suspect until it completes ongoing investigation, said the man, whose mother is a Nigerien, is an indigene of Imo State and got converted to Islam in 2003. Click here to read the details on The Guardian of Wednesday, 07 September 201 Sharia in Nigeria Militancy in Nigeria Niger Delta Conflicts Nigerian Sharia conflict Poverty in Nigeria Tweet

25 Jul 2011 16:18 Africa/Lagos Nigeria security forces in random killing following bomb blast LONDON, July 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Nigerian authorities must immediately put a stop to unlawful killings by security forces, Amnesty International said today after at least 23 people were killed by police following a bomb blast on Saturday in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri. The bomb, allegedly set off by the Islamist group Boko Haram, went off in the Budum market in central Maiduguri and injured three soldiers. According to reports received by Amnesty International, the Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) responded by shooting and killing a number of people, apparently at random, before burning down the market. “President Goodluck Jonathan must get a grip on the Nigerian armed forces and immediately prevent them from carrying out further human rights violations and unlawful killings,” said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Af...

President Barack Obama recently met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House. July 16, 2011. 21 Jul 2011 03:09 Africa/Lagos Religious Leaders Meet with President and Ask Him to Form 'Circle of Protection' Around Programs for Those in Need PR Newswire WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a meeting this afternoon with President Barack Obama and senior White House staff, national Christian leaders asked the president to protect funding for programs for hungry and poor people in the ongoing budget debate and in any deal concerning the default crisis. All agreed that we can get our fiscal house in order without doing so on the backs of those who are most vulnerable. The shared concern was to cut the deficit in a way that protects the safety net, protects the vulnerable, and maintains our investments in the future. Christian leaders at today's meeting included representatives from the National Associati...

So much noise is echoing over the planned introduction of Islamic Banking in Nigeria, but making the loudest noise does not mean you are making sense or wise. I have seen that the so called Nigerian Christians who are afraid of Islamic banking are just ignorant of the facts, because they have failed to read and research to find out the truth about Islamic banking. The notorious North versus South dichotomy destroying the stability and unity of our common sovereignty is now threatening the prospects of Islamic banking in Nigeria. It would be good if we separate politics from Islamic Banking and address the economic benefits to the masses of the Nigerian population. There is absolute nothing wrong with Islamic Banking and far from the misinformation of the Nigerian Christian clerics, it does not translate to the Islamization of Nigeria. Read the report on the Constitutionality of Islamic Banking by the University of Ilorin on http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/publications/abikan/CONSTITUTIONALI...

A Catalog of Pastors Deaths by Boko Haram Militants As anxiety is mounting over the activities of Boko Haram group, some Muslims are defusing the fear as misplaced. They see the group as only a new breed of young Muslim activists who have aggressively embraced a stricter version of Islam, rejecting anything Western and Christian. Boko Haram began life as a peaceful group focused on the study of the Koran, according to Abdulmumin Sa’ad, a Muslim scholar and professor of Sociology at the University of Maiduguri. “The idea was that there is a lot of sin in the larger society and their parents had amassed a lot of ill-gotten wealth,” says Sa’ad, who taught some of the militants. “There is widespread immorality, and so the best thing to do is to remove themselves and camp elsewhere, where they can concentrate on their religion, mediate, reach out and begin to form a fellowship.” Sa’ad claims that group turned violent when authorities harassed it. In retaliation, the group had killed about 1...