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Tens of thousands of Muslims gather for the Eid Ul Fitr prayers at the Sir Ali Muslim Club last
Friday to mark the end of Ramadhan. The prayers were led by the Imam of Jamia Mosque
Sheikh Muhammad Swalihu
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Uhuru Kenyatta to order wide ranging security sector reforms which adhere to the
rule of the law and respects the countrys
democratic principles.
In the absence of such reforms, it is difficult to see how Kenya will gain the upper
hand against Al Shabaab, they said.
Carson and Bellamy told the US President
who is making a historic trip this week to the
land of his fathers birth,not to remain silent
but candidly present the issues of concerns
to the Kenyatta administration. Indeed,
Many Kenyans fear that if Mr. Obama does
not challenge the Kenyatta administrations
treatment of its critics, the lapse will be interpreted as a green light to continue cracking down in the name of Kenyas own war
on terror, they added.
DA'WA
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
LECTURE
SUNDAY
LECTURE
Topic: Nini baada
ya Ramadhan
By: Sheikh Abu Hudheifa
Date: 26th July 2015
Time: 2-4 pm
Venue: Makina Kibra
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WOMEN
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SUNDAY
CAREER
DAY
Maahad Teachers Training
College cordially invites you
to a career day
Date: 1st August 2015
Time: From 9:00 am
Venue: Maahad Pangani.
Theme:Education
Guest speaker: Fatma Saman
LADIES ONLY
EID PICTORIAL
EID UL FITR PRAYERS
1. Eid ul Fitr prayers on Friday at Eastleigh High School 2. Prayers at Orahey grounds in Wajir 3. Thousands gather for the prayers
at the Tononoka grounds in Mombasa. 4. Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua joins Muslims in celebrating Eid ul Fitr. He pledged to
offer bursaries and scholarships to bright Muslim students and also allocated the Muslim community five acres of land in the New
Machakos City for the construction of a mosque, school and other social amenities.
The annual Eid ul Fitr Orphans Fun Day was held last Sunday at the Wamy High School to give an opportunity for the orphans to
also enjoy the joys and happiness of Eid. The event was organised by the Admin Group, a WhatsApp group and attracted more than
500 orphans from different children homes in the country. A set of new clothes, gifts and various games and entertainment activities
were among the exciting features of the day. 1. Prominent rally driver Azar Anwar shares the Eid joy with the orphans. His driving
exploits were among the fun and excitements of the day. 2. Water games and bouncing castles were among the attractions for the
children. 3. Distribution of gifts to the orphans. 4. A section of the crowd follow the Quran competition.
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OPINION
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Omar Sakwa
Musab, a 16 year old schoolboy from a
modest family living in a Nairobi suburb,
has developed an impressive social media
presence online. He has a face-book, twitter and you tube profiles, and continuously
monitors his accounts multiple times a day
for updates. He uses social media mostly to
stay in touch with his friends, but has also
recently subscribed to arrange of news and
current affairs outlets. He is increasingly
exposed to a number of regional conflicts,
particularly the unrest unfolding in Somalia, but isnt really sure what to think about
the conflict or where he stands. Musab
would like to develop a better understanding of these issues, but isnt sure who to
talk to or who to trust on such matters, he
certainly wouldnt want to talk about this to
his parents or friends at school about it.
While reflecting on the above story many
questions arises which disturbs my mind
as to where exactly did we really go wrong?
Recently two cases were reported, the arrest of 3 female university student on their
way to Somalia and the case of missing
Kenyatta University student and her friend
who disappeared without a trace to date.
This cases needs to worry us as Muslims
I have attended various forums, listened
to press conference and read articles by
various groups in media platform discussing about radicalization and extremism
but the unfortunate reality is that many of
them are directing their anger and fingers
towards Muslims and its leadership for notdoing enough to curb radicalization among
Muslim youth hence resulting in the current
situation.
We have witnessed a number of attacks in
various part of the country and fresh in our
mind the Garrissa University raid where
148 innocent students were killed and
properties destroyed by Al-Shabaab militia. I want us to pause and ask ourselves
questions what lessons are we are learning
from these situations.
As Muslims we are living at a very trying
moments in this country in the midst is
an identity crisis and mistrust among ourselves as Muslims. Our Muslim scholars
and leaders are pulling from different direction. At times supremacy battle are played
out at times at the public gallery as to who
has the authority to speak on behalf of the
community.
I believe these challenges should form
the basis for us to sit and reason together
about this menace that has really damage
the image of Islam and Muslims. I am truly
convinced that in order for us to move forward we must come out openly to comment
on issues we hold dearly in our hearts and
that too often are said only behind closed
doors. As well as there must be sustained
effort to listen to each other and learn from
one another and seek common grounds on
issues affecting us and the wider society.
Failure by our Muslim institutions and leadership to address the real issues affecting
our community has resulted in the lack of
trust and confidence from its followers. I
personally believe that we need to create
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