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By • Olalekan Fagbade Court summons IGP Egbetokun over detained Isese traditionalists         The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), officials of the Kwara State Police Command and Kwara State Government, following the continued detention of some traditionalists in Kwara State. Justice Akintayo Aluko ordered them to appear and show cause why the traditionalists – Mr. Adegbola Abdulazeez. a.k.a. Tani Olorun; Madam Efunsetan Abebi Aniwura Olorisha, a.k.a. lya Osun and other traditional worshippers – should not be unconditionally released. The judge made the order while granting a motion ex parte application filed by an activist-lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje. Others affected by the order are the Registered Trustees of Council of Ulama (Islamic Clerics); Justice Salihu Mohammed (Executive Secretary of Council of Ulama); Sheikh (Dr.) Mohammad Bashir Saliu (Chief Imam of Ilorin and Chairman of Council of Ulama); Alfa Abdulsalam Baba Tonile Okuta-Agidi; Kwara State Magistrates’ Court, Ilorin, and the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ilorin, Kwara State, listed as third to nine respondents. Ogungbeje in the fundamental rights enforcement suit is seeking eight reliefs and declarations. The first to eight reliefs and declarations include an interim order restraining the respondents from “arresting, detaining, harassing, embarrassing, humiliating, interfering, disrupting, disturbing and further violating the rights to freedom of religion, thoughts and conscience of traditional religion adherents and worshippers and faithful” concerning “the planned Isese cultural festival to be celebrated in Ilorin, Kwara State or any other cultural festival” in pending the determination of the substantive suit. “An order of the court compelling the first and second respondents to provide adequate and maximum security arrangement and cover for traditional religion adherents and faithful, pursuant to the rights to freedom of ‘religion, conscience and thoughts” as it relates to the planned Isese cultural festival. “An interim order of the court compelling the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ilorin, Kwara State) to unconditionally release Mr. Adegbola Abdulazeez. a.k.a. Tani Olorun and Madam Efunsetan Abebi Aniwura Olorisha. a.k.a. lya Osun from their custody forthwith pending the hearing and determination of the originating summons. Justice Aluko held: “Upon listening to the counsel who is the applicant in this suit, reliefs four, five, six and seven are grantable, and are thereby granted.” The judge ordered that hearing notices be issued to all respondents to appear before the court and show cause while other reliefs one, two, three and eight, should not be granted. He adjourned further hearing till September 9. #Court #IgpEgbetokun #Isesetraditionalists #kwara

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2023: Gobir Receives Chief Imam's Blessing, Charges Party's Members on Mobilization

2023: Gobir Receives Chief Imam’s Blessing, Charges Party’s Members on Mobilization

Kwara state Governorship Candidate of the Young Progressive Congress (YPP), Alhaji Yakubu Gobir, on Saturday received a spiritual blessing for his governorship aspiration from the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed. Gobir, who is the Madawaki of Ilorin Emirate, paid a courtesy visit to the Chief Imam of Ilorin, before attending a special prayer organised for him by YPP members and his…

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Emir of llorin turbans Mustapha as Turaki of llorin Emirate

Emir of llorin turbans Mustapha as Turaki of llorin Emirate

The Emir of llorin, Alhaji lbrahim Sulu-Gambari on Friday turbaned a business mogul and Philanthropist, Mallam Salihu Mustapha as the new Turaki of the llorin Emirate. Solacebase reports that the event which took place at the palace of the Emir was witnessed by eminent personalities from all walks of life The Chief Imam of llorin, Alhaji Mohammed Bashir, while offering prayer before the…

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It’s World’s Largest Hypocrisy of Hindus Supremacists and the World Capital of the Rapes, India!

No Friday Prayers in Over 4 Months in Kashmir's Largest Mosque

Kashmiris Under Siege!

Residents under lockdown say even their religious freedom is being violated as mosques and shrines remain out of bounds.

An Indian paramilitary soldier patrols outside the Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, in Srinagar [Dar Yasin/AP] An Indian paramilitary soldier patrols outside the Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, in Srinagar [Dar Yasin/AP]

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - "Don't click any pictures. Run away. If they find out that you are journalists, they will beat you up."

These were the words of a local policeman posted at one of the pickets at Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar.

The "they" he referred to was a battery of paramilitary troopers deployed around the square leading to the 600-year-old mosque.

Since August 5, when the disputed Himalayan region was stripped of its partial autonomy and put under a crippling lockdown, padlocks have been hanging from the doors of the famous mosque.

Later in October, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was formally divided into two federally-controlled "union territories".

The lockdown also included restrictions on religious gatherings in India's only Muslim-majority region, with the authorities banning the entry of people into Kashmir's important mosques, where devotees offered their prayers five times a day.

Record Closure of Main Mosque

On Fridays, the Jama Masjid in Srinagar used to be thronged by thousands of Muslims from all over the valley.

But December 6 marked the 17th straight Friday when prayers could not take place at the mosque.

Khalid Bashir Gura, 26, who lives in Nowhatta, a neighbourhood close to the mosque, said the authorities considered congregation of Kashmiris "a threat".

"Each time the situation worsens, the largest mosque in a Muslim-majority place is placed under curbs for months together," Gura told Al Jazeera.

"The right to practise our religion is guaranteed by the constitution. But it is being violated in Kashmir again and again."

Syed Ahmad Syed Naqashbandi had been leading the prayers at the Jama Masjid since 1963.

Known as "Imam-e-Hai" in the region, Naqashbandi said the blockade has been a "direct interference in our religion".

Paramilitary forces deployed near the Jama Masjid in the main city of Srinagar [Mohammed Younis/Al Jazeera]

Since August 5, the 80-year-old imam is forced to offer his prayers at a mosque five kilometres (three miles) away from the Jama Masjid.

"The bliss in praying at the Jama Masjid is hard to feel anywhere else. I miss being there," he said.

He said the continuous presence of policemen and paramilitary forces around the grand mosque was "a threat to the people".

"It is always because of their presence around the mosque that the problems erupt," he said.

Syed Rahman Shams, a key member of the committee which administers the mosque, said it was not the first time the prayers were stopped there.

"In 2016, the mosque was locked for 16 straight Fridays. That record was broken this year," he said.

Similar restrictions were imposed at the Bait-ul-Mukaram mosque in Anantnag district in southern Kashmir.

"Because of the curfew imposed after August 5, you weren't even allowed to move out of your houses. So how could we possibly reach the mosque?" asked Imtiyaz, 21, who did not want to share his last name over fears of reprisal

Curbs on Shrines in Valley

Earlier this month, the Indian authorities placed unprecedented restrictions on congregations at Dargah Hazratbal, the most venerated shrine in Kashmir.

Located on the western shore of the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar, the shrine houses what many believe is a strand of Prophet Muhammad's hair.

The hair strand is displayed to more than 50,000 visitors every year on the 12th day of the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the day in Islam's lunar calendar that marks the prophet's birthday.

On November 10, when the prophet's birthday was celebrated this year, authorities barricaded the shrine's entry points and allowed only the local residents to enter, sending back those who had come from far off places.

"Each year, I pay my visit to the 'dargah' on this day to have a glimpse of the holy relic. This year I was told to go back by the policemen who had blocked the road close to the shrine," said Ghulam Ahmad Dar, a man in his 60s, who travelled more than 35km (22 miles) from central Kashmir's Budgam district.

The authorities placed unprecedented restrictions on the congregation of people at Dargah Hazratbal [Mohammed Younis/Al Jazeera]

Local resident Nawaz Ahmad, 32, said since his childhood, he used to witness large gatherings at the shrine on the day. But this year, he said only a few hundred people were allowed to congregate at the shrine.

"Only the locals of the area were allowed to offer prayers and have a glimpse of the Moi-e-Muqqadas [the holy hair strand]," said Nawaz.

Sayeed Ahmad Farooqui, who leads the prayers at the shrine, was hesitant to speak about the restrictions.

"He does not want to get involved in this. His job is to go, lead the prayers and come back home," said one of his family members.

On November 1, restrictions were tightened ahead of Khoje Digar, a special prayer offered each year at the mosque situated in the premises of Khwaja Naqashband Sahab shrine in Srinagar.

"Ever since I was a 20, I have offered prayers at Khoje Digar at Naqashband Sahab. So did my father when he was alive. This is for the first time I was forced to miss it," said Altaf Ahmad Reshi, 38, a resident of Saida Kadal in Srinagar, about a kilometre (0.6 miles) away from the shrine.

Nearly a week before that, on October 26, curbs on religious gatherings were witnessed at Charar-i-Sharief, the famous Sufi shrine of Sheikh Noorudin Noorani in central Kashmir's Budgam district.

Abid Nabi Baba, 32, a resident of Charar-e-Sharief, said police installed barricades and set up multiple checkpoints "5km [three miles] away" from the shrine.

"I was allowed to proceed only after they ascertained I was heading home," said Abid. "My father tells me he had not seen such restrictions even in the 90s when militancy was at its peak."

When questioned about the restrictions around the famous mosques and shrines in Kashmir, Srinagar's Police Chief Haseeb Mughal said they were imposed since "the situation demanded so".

"We were not in a position to afford huge gatherings. That could have led to violent protests and maybe even loss of life and property," he told Al Jazeera.

Religious Leaders Arrested

Farooqui's hesitation was not unfounded. Scores of Muslim religious leaders are among more than 5,000 people arrested by the government of India since August 5.

More than 600 of them, as per official figures, continue to remain behind bars, with many among them slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act, which allows authorities to arrest anyone on mere suspicion.

Allama Agha Syed Aijaz Rizvi, a 52-year-old Shia scholar, was picked up by the police on August 27 from his home in Nabidipora area of Hawal in Srinagar.

A close family member of his, who did not want to be identified, said Rizvi was accused of making "anti-national" statements during his sermon at Baba Mazar mosque in Zadibal, the Shia bastion in the city.

"They [the police] said they had a video recording of it. We never saw any video," said the family member.

The family said security forces raided Rizvi's home in the middle of the night "as if he was a criminal" and kept in the local police station for a few days before PSA was slapped and he was shifted to Srinagar's Central Jail, where he remains until now.

Kashmir-based human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz told Al Jazeera that there was "nothing new" in what Kashmiris have witnessed since August 5.

He said the right to practise one's faith, one of the fundamental rights in the Indian constitution, was being repeatedly violated in Kashmir "since 1990 and even before that".

"The United Nations and other international organisations have condemned the government of India regarding the violation of religious freedom in Kashmir, but that hasn't made any difference," he said.

— Al Jazeera English

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Ansarul Islam loses leader

Ansarul Islam loses leader

Leader of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Ahmad Kamaldeen Al- Adabiyy is dead.

Sheik Al- Adabbiy was 82 and died on Friday in Ilorin, Kwara state.

The janazah prayer was held at his Okekere, Ilorin family residence while interment followed at his GRA residence in Ilorin.

The Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir Salihu led the Janazah prayer.

The Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-…

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KHARTOUM: Crowds of Sudanese waving flags and chanting “we toppled two presidents in two days” celebrated in the capital late Friday after the country’s military council chief stepped down a day after he was sworn in.

“We have done it, we have done it,” shouted young men and women as they drove across Khartoum after General Awad Ibn Ouf announced his resignation on state television.

On Thursday, he was sworn in as the chief of a ruling military council that replaced long-time president Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted by the army following months of deadly protests.

Before quitting, Ibn Ouf appointed Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as his successor, setting off a wave of jubilation across the city.

Car horns sounded on the streets as jubilant crowds streamed out of their homes to cheer the departure of Ibn Ouf, considered a regime insider and close aide of Bashir.

Chants like “It fell again, it fell again” reverberated across the capital’s squares and neighbourhoods, onlookers said.

“This was our second uprising, first against Bashir and then against Ibn Ouf,” said Mohamed, a protester, whistling and clapping in an upscale Khartoum neighbourhood.

Dozens of members of a paramilitary group stood at the sidelines, many atop pick-up vehicles loaded with machine-guns, as cheering crowds drove past, witnesses said.

Protest organisers however warned Burhan that if he failed to transfer powers to a civilian transitional government he would face their fury too.

They called on Burhan to reverse decisions announced by Ibn Ouf such as cancelling the suspension of the constitution and also implored him to end the state of emergency and night-time curfew.

Crowds flock to demo

Thousands of protesters have massed outside the army headquarters in the capital since April 6.

Earlier on Friday, throngs of Sudanese chanting “it will fall again, it will fall again” flocked there to hunker down for a second night defying the curfew, witnesses said.

Dressed in white traditional clothes, men and women headed to the military complex to join thousands of others camped there.

“We did it once, we can do it again,” said a protester, who had been at the site of the demonstration since Tuesday night.

Since the appointment of Ibn Ouf as military council chief, the protesters had turned their anger against him.

“We don’t want Ibn Ouf, we don’t want any military government,” said one protester.

“This entire group is from Bashir’s regime. We want a civilian leader.”

Several soldiers were however seen chatting and mingling with protesters at the complex on Friday, witnesses said.

As the evening approached, buses full of protesters headed to the protest site with plans to defy the curfew again, a witness told AFP.

  ‘Reject the announcement’

A mass of people flooded two bridges that connect the capital with suburbs.

At the protest site itself thousands offered Friday prayers earlier in the day.

An imam dressed in a white robe with a Sudanese flag draped over his shoulder led the weekly prayer.

“This is the first time that I’m coming here in response to calls that today’s prayers will be performed here,” said Hussein Mohamed, an elderly man who came to the site from Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city across the Nile.

Groups of Coptic Christians served food and drinks to worshippers ahead of their prayers.

Many offered mats to protesters who had been camping at the site since last night.

“Protesters reject the announcement, protesters reject the announcement,” chanted women, raising their hands in the air, after praying under a makeshift tent at the complex.

Witnesses said the entire area reverberated with the sound of singing.

Protesters were chanting in circles, with one leading the song and others dancing in circles around him repeating it.

Groups like this are everywhere, said one demonstrator as behind him musicians played traditional Sudanese and African tunes.

Later in the night when Ibn Ouf quit, demonstrators at the complex burst into joy, many kissing photographs of those killed in protests, an onlooker said.

Demonstrators chanted “What happened? It fell again,” he said.

Protest organisers have called on the demonstrators to continue with the sit-in until their demands are met.

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Ilorin Emirate Council Endorses Kwara PDP Guber Candidate

Ilorin Emirate Council Endorses Kwara PDP Guber Candidate

By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Ahead of 2019 elections, the Ilorin Emirate Council on Friday endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Mr. Razak Atunwa. The Chief Imam of Ilorin and  a key member of the Ilorin Emirate Council, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir Salihu gave this indication after yesterday’s Juma’at service at Ilorin Central mosque. Sheikh Bashir…

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By • Olalekan Fagbade  Take Isese festival elsewhere- Islamic council warns traditional worshippers The Council of Ulama (Islamic clerics)  in Kwara State on Tuesday warned those planning to celebrate traditional religion or Ifa festival in Ilorin, the state capital, to retrace their steps. The council warned that Ifa festival, under any guise, would not be allowed in any part of Ilorin  Emirate, comprising  Asa, Moro, Ilorin East, Ilorin West and Ilorin South local government areas. The executive secretary of the council, Justice Salihu Mohammed made the position of the council known at a  press conference held in Ilorin. Mohammed, a former Grand Khadi of Kwara state Sharia Court of Appeal spoke on behalf of the chairman of the Council of Ulama and Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheik Bashir Salihu. The Secretary who said that Ilorin, Kwara State capital was known as sanctuary of Islam for more than 200 years and renowned for Islamic faith, practice, Spirituality and Knowledge stated that the insistence of the youth wing of the International Council for Ifa Religion( ICIR) to hold their festival in Ilorin on August 20th 2023, posed danger to the security of lives and property across the state. “It is in the light of this that we have found it extremely necessary to plead with the Kwara  State government and all stakeholders to appeal to the ICIR and similar interest groups to stay away from Ilorin as available evidence convinced us that the staging of the event in Ilorin would have a serious negative consequence on the peace of Kwara State. “We are not unmindful of the pillage of aspersions and insults mounted on our father, the Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Council of Emirs and Chiefs in  Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari by individuals that are expected to know better, which are unfortunate, condemnable and inexcusable. “We don’t think any individuals or group has anything to gain from destruction of the harmonious coexistence. The people of Ilorin Emirate, particularly the Kwara State Council of Ulama cannot be coerced by any person or group of persons claiming to be representing intellectualism or atheistic  practices to destroy what our forefathers have fought for. “As community and opinion leaders in our various places of abode, we are not unaware of the readiness of various youth groups never to allow the staging of the so called ‘isese’  festival anywhere in Ilorin . “To them, such activities would pollute the peace and tranquillity of the community as it is also been seen as invasion and an act of cultural imperialism. “We as leaders, see merit in the position of the Muslim youths. We sincerely believe that it is unwise and  wrong for non residents of a community to forcefully impose imported thoughts or practices on their hosts .This is repugnant to natural justice and it will certainly lead to the brake down of law and order.” “We must make it abundantly clear that we are not against the celebration of isese festival. What  is important to let the whole World  know is that we , the people of Ilorin, have absolutely nothing to do with it. We understand the motive of their sinister and abominable move but warn that Ilorin have moved on. “The Emirate might be a Yoruba speaking city, it must be realized that its present culture is no longer that of Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe or any other, but purely an Islamic culture.  We therefore advise that they should allow peace to reign across Nigeria. All we are saying is that it should not be held where the celebrators and celebration would not be welcomed. Ilorin is certainly not among the places that should be considered for such a festival  if the organisers are patriotic  and well meaning”, Mohammed said. While  appealing to Muslim youths and other  stakeholders to exercise patience, Mohammed appealed to Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, ” to direct all the security agencies in the state to take note of this threat to the peace and security of the state .

A stitch  in time saves nine.” At the press conference were  the Imam Gambari, Ajanasi Agba, Sheikh Yusuf Pakata, Professor Badmas Yusuf, two former  grand Khadis, Justices Idris Haroon and Ola AbdulKadir; former president of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alh AbdulHamid Adi; and representatives of Imams and Alfas from all the 16 local government areas of the state. Recall that the Kwara state Police Command had advised the. International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR)  who are behind the planning of holding the Isese festival to relocate the event to another state as the security report did not favour the celebration of the festival in Ilorin. “Vigilante, local hunters, community policing members, and the leadership of the traditional worshippers in Kwara, along with some of their leaders from adjoining states, have also been dialogued with and made to understand that the intelligence available to the Police Command does not favor the kind of celebrations being planned by one of the religious sects in the state; they have been advised to relocate their celebration to another state pending a favorable security situation in the state, the Police Command said in the statement signed by SP Okasanmi Ajayi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ebbunoluwarotimi Adelesi. #Ilorin #Isesefestival #muslimcommunity

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2023: Chief Imam of Ilorin Leads Other Ulamas In Special Prayer For Ibrahim Ajia, As Beneficiaries Laud His Humanitarian Gestures

2023: Chief Imam of Ilorin Leads Other Ulamas In Special Prayer For Ibrahim Ajia, As Beneficiaries Laud His Humanitarian Gestures

The Chief Imam of Ilorin, Imam Bashir Mohammed on Sunday led other ulamas from Ilorin Emirate in a special prayer for Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election. The special prayer, held at the ancestral home of the candidate at Ajia Ogbonde compound in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara…