IT PLAYS SAFE TO DENY MUSLIMS THEIR RIGHT WHEN THEY ARE NOT ORGANIZED

“Our Christian brothers in the country are having something in common. They're well organized and highly efficient. Being more organized is why they are more successful and why their voices are heard, here and there. Even after being sided with opposition and lost, they will still make their voices recognized with any party that rules more than we who went through hell and stood our ground at arduous time. All these are possible because we lack focus and we are not united”
This statement was made by the national President of Jama’at Ta’awun Muslimeen, Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan during Post Ramadan lecture organized last week by Ta’awun Ibadan branch at Aresekola Mosques Ibadan, Oyo State. He said Nigeria Muslims and different organizations were playing individual games, making it difficult for the government to know the right party to partner with. “Instead of us to speak with one voice on a national matter, we will not because of individual interest. We are not united because of selfishness. We don’t have strong national body that has knowledge about present conditions of Muslims; the body that has vision for revival of Ummah and which its leaderships are also bestowed with wisdom to know how to tackle our problems and we keep on saying we are not recognized. We should ask ourselves, are we united or organized? Because the government is an organized system and it will only recognize an organized body. Our division is why Muslims are being treated as selfdom? he explained.
He then encouraged Muslim scholars in the country to please organised themselves and manage their individual differences to form a strong body that will unite the North and South together to fight for the right of Muslims Ummah in Nigeria.
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US Gave Buhari List With Names Of Oil Thieves, And It Will Shock Nigerians – Source

A breaking report contains that President Muhammadu Buhari was given the specific names of oil thieves in the course of his recent visit to the US.
A member of Buhari’s entourage was said to have disclosed this information on Tuesday, July 28, to The Punch. The source added that when the Nigerian leader saw the list provided by the US, he could not believe his eyes.
“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the president, will shock Nigerians. But let’s wait and see first.”
Another source from the presidency confirmed the information noting, however, that Buhari “has been keeping the list to himself”.
It was also obtained that there was one list with the names of high-rank Nigerian officials involved in corruption schemes  and the other list with the names of illegal bunkerers. Apart from the government officials, the “oil list” allegedly contains the names of the retired and serving military chiefs.

Based on the report referring to the source disclosures, some ministers were stealing up to 250,000 barrels of Nigeria’s crude daily.
The person from Buhari’s team said Nigeria’s  number 1 politician was already considering the idea of setting up a panel to try the guilty officials.
“The president will probe all of them and make sure they return whatever fortune they had made from their thievery.”
It should be recalled that Edo state Governor Adams Oshiomhole claimed that one of Goodluck Jonathan’s ministers had stolen $6billion. The information was reportedly provided by the American side in the course of Buhari’s visit. This caused serious argument among Nigerians. Many came down on Oshiomhole saying that he is one of those with itchy fingers. The others, outraged by the revelation, urged the acting government to immediately find and prosecute the minister accused of massive stealing.
In a recent development the All Progressives Congress disclosed the official position of the party regarding corrupt officials of the immediate past administration:
“Some people have insinuated that the Buhari administration should ignore the massive looting of our patrimony and move on. We say no responsible government can afford to do that, because it will amount to endorsing corruption and impunity.”
President Buhari on several occasions reiterated his commitment to fighting public funds embezzlement. This was also the case in the US where the Nigerian leader has recently met with his American counterpart Barack Obama.

Why Nigeria Is Now More Powerful In The Fight Against Boko Haram – Buhari

Speaking on Friday, July 31, in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari explained why Nigeria now had increased capacity to fight Boko Haram insurgency.
PM News reports that the president delivered his point during the meeting with Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa.
Nigeiria’s number one politician expressed confidence that with the formation and full activation of the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), terrorism would soon become the thing of the past.
President Buhari also noted that after the command control center had been redeployed to Maduguri, the morale of the troops on the battlefield substantially improved.
“You can tell the Secretary-General that we are doing our best and our best will be good enough for the nation and the sub-region.”

Regarding the upcoming elections in Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea and Burkina Faso, the Nigerian leader urged the UN to assist African countries in implementing new technologies to ensure the effective and credible process.
He referred to the experience of his country’s electoral body which used smart card readers in the general polls held earlier this year. Buhari noted that other African countries might need support and assistance from the international community in order to implement modern technologies for the elections conduct.
“When citizens recognize that their votes count, it will boost their confidence in democracy and their countries’ electoral systems.”
Mr Chambas, on his part, praised President Buhari, for his commitment to fighting against insurgency in the northeast and for his recent claims in Cameroon concerning peaceful resolution of all border issues with the neighbour.
Meanwhile suspected Boko Haram terrorists bombed Gamboru market in Borno state capital Maiduguri, in the early morning of Friday. Many people are feared killed in the explosion.

THE MUCH EXPECTED MINISTERS FROM BUHARI’S CABINET

“Nigeria is one of the eyes through which Africa is seen; the others being South Africa and Egypt. So it’s safe to say that if any of these countries sneezes, the whole continent will catch a cold”
In the past, previous generation leaders saw themselves as tools meant for a purpose. They were leaders that focused on renaissance of the nation. Their actions and struggle then were not for personal motive because they had mission and vision for the country and it was their selfless services, dedication and passion for the growth of the country that built the name for the present generation.
Through the greediness of the past administration, their non-concern for the well-being of the citizens, and their slogan, “stealing is not corruption” the country has lost her dignity and value among the comity of nations. Their attitudes led to the maltreatment of Nigerians by the friend nations.
Now that we are lucky to have Muhammad Buhari , the first-class world leader as our president , an integrity man who has a very clear agenda in terms of rooting out the corruption that has held back the economic growth and prosperity of the country, Nigerians are looking forward to see a corruption free system and ministers of the same caliber who are majorly concerned with growth and development of this great nation.
For Nigeria to be a role model for developed and developing countries around the world, her battered image abroad and comity of nations needs to be rebranded, not only by the president but also by those he would like to appoint as his ministers because a single tree cannot make a forest.
Above all, God fearing companions are the secret for any government dreaming of a successful tenure. A man without God, there is nothing he cannot do. This time we must get it right

Turkey's air force hits IS and PKK in Syria and Iraq

Turkish air force jets have carried out fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

It was the second successive night that Turkey had targeted IS.
It follows a week which saw a bomb attack blamed on IS kill 32 people in the Turkish town of Suruc, and border clashes with the militant group.
The Iraq strikes were the first time Turkey had attacked the Kurdistan Workers' Party since a 2013 truce.
The group, also known as the PKK, has been fighting Turkey for an autonomous homeland for the Kurds for decades.

Protests against the attack in Suruc have taken place in cities across Turkey

The PKK's military wing said it killed two Turkish police officers on Wednesday. The group claims the men had collaborated with IS in the bombing in Suruc, which targeted left-wing activists.
A government statement issued on Saturday said the air force had hit PKK shelters, bunkers, storage facilities and other "logistic points" in northern Iraq, including the Qandil mountains where the PKK's high command is based.
It did not give details of what the jets had targeted in their attacks on IS in Syria.
Turkey's military had also shelled Islamic State and PKK positions from across the Turkish border, the statement said.
Turkey was "determined to take every step to ensure the peace and security of our people", it added.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the strikes against IS are part of a broad "process".
Turkey arrested hundreds of suspected IS supporters on Friday, and has also said it will let the US use a key airbase to attack IS targets.
Fresh raids by the security forces targeting suspected IS and PKK members are reported to have taken place early on Saturday in several Turkish provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara, Konya and Manisa.

Analysis: Guney Yildiz, BBC News

Picking two simultaneous fights with both the Islamic State and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) is a really difficult game to play for Turkey's military strategists.
Tactics like employing suicide bombs against civilians make IS a very dangerous group. The PKK, on the other hand, is a totally different organisation with mass support across Kurdish regions of Turkey and Syria. The Turkish-Kurdish opposition People's Democracy Party (HDP), which is seen as close to the PKK, won 13% of the vote in June's general election.
The air strikes on the PKK bases in Iraqi Kurdistan follow a gradual increase in tension between the Turkish government and the Kurdish movement in the run-up to the elections.
The two sides have been engaged in a peace process that started in early 2013 and a ceasefire has held for the best part of two years. Turkish officials say tension has risen because the PKK leadership has refused to disarm and has started to carry out attacks against security forces. However, the PKK accuses the government of publicly abandoning the peace process, while adopting a nationalist discourse and cracking down on Kurdish activists.

The Turkish government has faced criticism at home and abroad for not doing enough against IS, despite being part of the international coalition fighting it.
Friday's air strikes marked the first time Turkey has confirmed air strikes against targets in Syria since IS began its advance through Iraq and Syria in 2013.
"This is a process," Mr Davutoglu said. "It is not limited to one day or to one region. The slightest movement threatening Turkey will be retaliated against in the strongest way possible."
He said Turkey was prepared to send troops across the border into Syria "if there was such a need".
The agreement to let the US use the Incirlik airbase, following months of negotiations, was finalised in a phone call between President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
It could allow the US to step up air strikes against IS, as it is closer to northern Syria and Iraq than the Gulf, which currently serves as a launch-pad for bombing missions.
Mr Erdogan said the US-led coalition against IS would be allowed to use the base "within a certain framework" - but did not specify what this would be.

The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has finally revealed what he will do to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the national oil company considered to be an underground pit of corruption.

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari may have courted trouble with the global oil tanker association

In an interview granted by the president in Washington DC during his two-day visit to the US, Buhari revealed that his administration plans to split the NNPC in two in a bid to reform the oil sector. He said rather than breaking the NNPC into four companies, it would be divided into two – regulator and investment vehicle. Read excerpts from the interview made available to The Punch below:
Boko Haram has killed over 400 people in the first half of July alone, and managed to further expand its reach beyond its core areas. You were elected on a promise to destroy the insurgency, what’s gone wrong?
Boko Haram is on the run. We are beginning to turn the tide against Boko Haram. Yes, we have seen a recent increase in civilian deaths, but that is because Boko Haram members are now desperately changing tactics to avoid confronting a renewed and more effective military effort. Instead, they are now targeting civilians. It is a sign of their weakness, not their strength.
Defeating Boko Haram will not happen overnight – it needs a combined military and social answer that will defeat and address the underlying social issues that are driving it. I am putting these measures into place step by step.
First, I have moved the centre of military operations from Abuja to the heart of the insurgency in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, so that the military leaders are on the ground to lead the effort at the frontline.
Secondly, I have revamped the nation’s military leadership with a new team that has the skills, experience and commitment to defeat the terrorists on the ground.
Thirdly, I am working to improve the professionalism and accountability of the armed forces, including clamping down on the misappropriation of funds that has led to serious lack of resources and equipment in the battle against Boko Haram.
Lastly, I am seeking to work with Nigeria’s partners, both our neighbours in the region and internationally such as the United States to develop a package of measures to tackle the entrenched marginalisation in North Eastern Nigeria and the surrounding areas in neighbouring states – where poverty levels are over 75 per cent.
We need a marshal programme for the Sahel region to be able to prevent further radicalisation and insecurity in the long-term.
The shocking truth is that Nigeria’s cupboard is bare. Despite receiving $400bn in oil revenue in the last 40 years, Nigeria’s treasury is almost empty. Partly, that is because of falling oil prices; it is also because money has been stolen – shipped out of the country by corrupt officials into foreign bank accounts.
Some of that money is here in the United States. One of the things America can do is help recover those stolen funds so that we can reinvest them in Nigeria to combat the poverty that is driving insecurity.
It’s been over a year since the Chibok girls were kidnapped and there has been no real progress made in recovering them, what measures are you taking to bring the girls home?
The kidnap of the Chibok girls is a stain on our national honour and my government will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to rescue them. However, I will not lie to the Nigerian people. After the time that has passed, it is increasingly difficult to know whether we will be able to find all of them as they are likely to have been split up and married off or hidden deep in the forest or countryside.
Nonetheless, my government will not give up. We will do everything in our power to bring back our girls.
You have said that the solution to the Boko Haram insurgency will not just be a military one; does that indicate that you are prepared to negotiate with the group?
Yes, we are prepared to talk to the more moderate elements of Boko Haram. We are prepared to address the legitimate concerns over unemployment, poverty and marginalisation that have driven the insurgency.
We are even prepared to consider some form of amnesty, similar to what is in place in the Niger Delta, for the rank and file who lay down their arms and commit to the peaceful reintegration into society.
However, there can be no forgiveness for the barbaric leadership that has pursued a deliberate policy of diabolical war crimes and terror against the innocent civilian population of Nigeria.
Last week, you replaced the service chiefs and the chief security adviser over the failure to defeat Boko Haram. However, there is some concern that you have replaced many of them with your own supporters from the North. Are you using the pretext of Boko Haram to politicise the leadership of the Nigerian armed forces?
I am the Commander-in-Chief. It is my job to ensure that the best and most qualified leaders are in charge of the armed forces, so that we can keep the Nigerian people safe.
We will only defeat the military threat of Boko Haram if we have the right leadership team in place leading from the frontline.
Having the right military leadership in place, who know and understand the local terrain, together with the counter-insurgency team in the North, is vital to winning the military battle.
These new officers have been selected strictly on merit, on the basis of their record and skills. Other than the new Chief of Army Staff, of whom I have prior experience, I have no prior relations with the other heads before I appointed them – it was their track record that recommended them.
Turning south to the Niger Delta, the amnesty for former combatants which has helped to keep the peace in the Niger Delta is due to end in December this year. What measures do you propose to replace it?
The amnesty still plays an important part in ending the insurgency in the Niger Delta and I am committed to continuing it as long as it is necessary to do so. However, it is not a long-term answer to the problems there.
Just as in the North, the Niger Delta requires long-term investment in both economic and social infrastructure – from roads and railways, to schools, hospitals and housing. That is what people want, a fair share of the resources that their region is producing.
But you have already said that Nigeria’s cupboard is bare – how can you afford such programmes?
Nigeria is not a poor country: we have the natural resources and ingenuity to be an economic superpower. It is our people who have been made to be poor because of incompetence and corruption.
If we can recover the stolen money, attract private sector investments, and tackle corruption, then we will be able to provide the economic growth and development that is the long-term answer to insecurity.
An NGO, Global Financial Integrity, recently calculated that $150bn was illegally shipped out of Nigeria over the last decade. What measures do you intend to adopt to clamp down on the industrial scale corruption that has bedevilled Nigeria and held back its economic growth and social development?
Corruption is one of the top three issues facing Nigeria, along with insecurity and unemployment. We must act to kill corruption or corruption will kill Nigeria. I am determined to lead that fight.
My government is already taking several steps to cut out the cancer of corruption that has been eating away the state for so long.
First, we are reorganising the existing plethora of anti-corruption bodies into a single powerful agency that will have the focus, power and budget to clamp down on corruption at the federal and state level.
Secondly, I have already acted to remove political control over awarding of contracts from ministers who use them to get favours and kickbacks.
Thirdly, I will introduce a new system of plea bargains, that will allow those who have stolen assets and funds to return them – but if they do not take that opportunity, we will pursue them through the courts.
Fourthly, I am reforming the oil and gas sector, breaking up the NNPC (the state oil company) into two parts – the first will become an independent regulator for the sector, while the second will act as an investment vehicle for the country.
I will also end political control of the awarding of drilling and exploration rights by introducing a system of independent, transparent auctioning for licences.
Lastly, we shall be asking foreign countries, including authorities here in the United States, to work with us to return stolen funds that are now sitting in private accounts in their banks and rightfully belong to the people of Nigeria.
But you have also said that you will “draw a line” under past corruption – doesn’t that mean that some of the worst offenders will now go scot-free?
We will vigorously pursue any and all anti-corruption cases and investigations that are currently ongoing, but the government has to be realistic; we are not going to mount a new wave of prosecutions over historic cases.
So, yes it is inevitable we will indeed draw a line under some historic abuses, but there will be zero tolerance for corruption going forward.
Does that apply to everyone; will you take action if it is found that your supporters, leading members of the APC have been involved in corruption?
You cannot cure a sick patient by only treating one half of them. There will be no political interference in the fight against corruption – and no political favours to protect the corrupt from justice.
There is some concern that despite spending 14 years trying to become president, you did not exactly hit the ground running and that you will not now be appointing members of the cabinet until September. Why is it taking you so long to get started and put your team in place?
We cannot clean up 16 years of mess in a few months of frantic activity. I know that people are impatient for change, but it is far more important to take your time and take the right steps and appoint the right people than to run around pretending to be doing something, yet achieve nothing.
First, I will make sure that the right rules and management structures are in place to ensure good government.
Only then will I appoint credible ministers, with the track record of delivery and probity in good time. After all, President Obama did not complete the appointment of his first cabinet until five months after he was elected and America did not cease functioning in the meantime.
Nigeria’s economy is heavily over-dependent on the oil and gas sector, accounting for over 80 per cent of GDP and 90 per cent of government revenues. What measures are you putting in place to diversify the economy?
Nigeria is blessed with a rich array of natural resources, not just oil and gas, but abundant solid minerals and huge tracts of arable land.
Forty years ago, Nigeria was a net exporter of food; today we are an importer. We should not only be self-sufficient, we should be the bread basket for Africa.
We have only become over-dependent on oil because of the incompetence and corruption of government that concentrated on how best to steal oil revenues instead of how best to use our oil windfalls to invest in a modern, growing economy.
However, we cannot be content to just export raw materials and commodities abroad: we must become a manufacturing giant. I will not be satisfied until the label “Made in Nigeria” is as common globally, as the label “Made in China.”
My government has a clear plan to diversify and rejuvenate Nigeria’s economy. We are shifting our economic focus to expanding and modernising our agricultural and mining sectors by attracting new private investment – moving away from the overdependence on oil.
We will use our oil revenues to upgrade our decaying infrastructure – boost electricity generation and build new road and rail networks while upgrading our ports.
We will also focus on improving education and skills training so that we can take advantage of the growing global trend for new sources of labour and tackle the crisis of youth unemployment and create a new value-added manufacturing sector.
We are reforming the out-of-date and bureaucratic land laws, giving title deeds to millions of ordinary farmers, so that they will finally be able to use their land to raise capital to invest in modern agricultural equipment and transform production throughout the country.
The global fall in oil prices has hit Nigeria hard, with the Federal Government losing up to half of its revenues in the past year. How is this affecting your reform plans?
Nigeria cannot spend what it doesn’t have. However, given the previous levels of waste and corruption, if we spend what we have more wisely and effectively, we can achieve a great deal more.
One step I have already taken is to pay the salaries of civil servants, some of whom had not been paid for over 10 months.
In the long-term, we must sort out Nigeria’s chaotic finances – we have to diversify government income – both by increasing the size of the non-oil economy and by expanding the tax base, so that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.
However, we must also sort out spending – we cannot have a situation where half the government’s expenditure goes on the salaries of just two per cent of the population. That said though, we must first pay people the salaries that they have earned.
What about the fall in the Naira, how will you prevent another run on the currency further depleting Nigeria’s reserves?
Nigeria has to win the confidence of the markets; we will only do that by demonstrating our commitment to probity and prudent public spending.
Meanwhile, President Buhari recently held a secret meeting with fuel importers in a bid to stem the disorderliness in the country’s oil sector.

Why are there so many languages in the world when we know that all nations are one in origin, namely our father Adam and our mother Hawwa’?

Praise be to Allah
Allah knows best. Your Lord is the Most Wise, All-Knowing. We do not have any certain knowledge of the wisdom behind that, but we know that our Lord is Most Wise, All-Knowing. He, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Certainly your Lord is Most Wise, All-Knowing”
[al-An ‘aam 6:83]
“And Allah is Ever All-Knowing, Most Wise”
[an-Nisa’ 4:11].
By His great wisdom, He made many languages and made people of different colours, as He, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours”
[ar-Room 30:22].
The reason may be so as to highlight His almighty power, for He, may He be glorified, is able to make one language for some people and another language for others, for this is more indicative of great power.
There may be other reasons for it of which we are unaware and that we cannot comprehend, but scholars other than us may understand them.
The point is that one of the clearest reasons behind it is that He, may He be glorified and exalted, is able to do all things, therefore He gave people many languages and told us that this is one of His signs (interpretation of the meaning): “And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours” [ar-Room 30:22].
Just as He made them of many colours, including red, black and white, and shades in between, and He has caused them to vary in size, so that some are tall and some are short, and some are in between, and He has caused you to vary in attitude and intellect, the same also applies to the issue of languages. All of that is indicative of His almighty power and highlights the fact that He does whatever He wills, may He be glorified and exalted, and there may be other great reasons behind that which we do not understand. End quote.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him).

OUR MISSION FOR THE NATION

We want people to know real and Comprehensive Islam.
We want to reform our Muslim Brothers and Sisters, so we established Dawah Department and Information Department.
We came to the Media Revolution Circle we established the first Islamic Internet Radio in Nigeria.
We want to guide and guard our Muslim communities, so we established our security wing.
We want to provide community services by implementation health and charity programmes, so we established hospitals and charity department.
We want to provide standard education for our nation to save Muslims from ignorance and lack of resources, so we established 37 nursery, primary and secondary schools.
Sooner, our proposed College of Education will be established which will be upgrade to AL-UMMAH UNIVERSITY after a few years in- shaa Allah..
These are parts of our missions and vision.
Are you ready to join the Train of Renaissance of our Great Nation?
Ameer Taawun

Jammeh 'pardons' prisoners

The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh says he has pardoned all prisoners charged with treason from 1994 to 2013, excluding those who tried to unseat him in a failed coup in December, Reuters news agency reports.
Mr Jammeh, in a televised address to mark his 21 anniversary in power, did not say how many people would be pardoned, but it could include dozens involved in coup plots in 2006 and 2009, it adds.
 

After years of getting richer, millions of Russians are now sliding back into poverty

The number of Russians living on less than 9,662 rubles ($169) a month -- the official poverty line -- surged to nearly 23 million at the end of March, according to official data. 

That's three million more than last year, when the combination of Western sanctions and tumbling oil prices triggered a sharp recession.
Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets told Russian TV last week that the situation was becoming "critical."
A collapse in the value of the ruble sent inflation soaring -- prices rose by an annual rate of 16% in the first quarter of 2015.
That in turn means Russian pay checks buy a lot less than they did a year ago. The annual fall in real wages was 14% in May and 7% in June.
The shock comes after years of growth fueled by Russia's booming oil industry.
During 15 years of Vladimir Putin's leadership, Russia saw its official poverty rate drop steadily to 11% in 2014.
That trend has been reversed -- 16% of Russians are now officially poor. And with no end in sight to the crisis in Ukraine, the misery is unlikely to ease soon.
Western sanctions over Russia's annexation of Crimea, and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, were extended until 2016 last month.
The fall in living standards has forced Russians to slash spending -- retail sales dropped 9.4% in June, after sliding every month this year.
Overall, the Russian economy shrank by 2.2% in the first quarter. The IMF expects it to contract by 3.8% this year, and by more than 1% in 2016.
Russian banks and companies have been cut off from European funding, and Russian arms exports are banned in the west. Travel bans and asset freezes have been imposed against dozens of Russian officials as well as some companies.
Trade with the European Union -- Russia's biggest partner -- fell by more than a third in the first two months of 2015. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev estimates sanctions will cost Russia $106 billion through 2015.
Russia has retaliated by banning Western food imports, but the move backfired, driving prices up nearly 21% in June.

President Buhari Leaves USA

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has concluded his four-day state visit to the United States on the invitation of President Barrack Obama on July 22, Wednesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari

He left the Joint Base Andrews Airport in Washington, DC in the Nigerian Air Force Jet.
The president is expected to arrive the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday at 5:30pm.
Buhari has done huge work during his visit. He met with his American colleague seeking help in the war against Boko Haram, discussed same-sex marriage, hold a conversation with Nigerians in the USA.

WAKE UP CALL TO MUSLIM UMMAH

For every caller to Islam, leaders and followers, there are certain things we do which we are the only benefactor. They are our own obligatory to Almighty Allah and not to people in the society. Solat, fasting, our creed and many more can only be used to attain greatness besides Allah and to guide our journey on the surface of the earth. Those things are acquired to serve as our immunity against the evils of the earth, within ourselves, the unseen nature and atrocities in the society. that was how companions of the prophet were trained before they were presented to the people and called the best Ummah.
Within us, there are things we have to do away with which if we don’t, we will never move forward and see the light of the Day. We must learn how to forgive and forget any mistakes among us. This is one of the secret why politician are being ruled over us because they do forgive themselves and their past mistakes for a common goal. As Muslims who are called the best of the people why can’t we imbibe this lesson for our common goal?
We are Ummah of the same prophet, we are called Muslim and more than 1400 years ago somebody loved us? We weren’t even born yet he cried for this Ummah, asking Allah for our forgiveness. He wanted nothing but Jannah for us. He had wives, children, friends and family who adored him, but it was our name he kept repeating, Yah Ummati! Yah Ummati. He was doing so because of what he feared would become of us when he left. So why do we have to quarrel when we are one Ummah? Let the followers be honest to their leader and leader to their followers. Let the Muslims organisations stop condemning one another and let the Muslim in the North and Muslims in the South see themselves as brothers. That will bring back the strength we are needed for our ummah to rise.

HOW EVIL ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ALLAH ONLY IN RAMADAN

The noble month is a true school of transformation in which we change our actions, habits and manners. We leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We leave the month of the Qur'an, taqwa, patience, jihad, mercy, forgiveness and freedom from hellfire.
Have we fulfilled the requirements of taqwa and graduated from the Ramadan school with the diploma of the god-fearing? Have we fought our souls and desires and defeated them, or have we been overtaken by our customs and blind imitations? Have we performed our actions in a way that fulfills the conditions for receiving mercy, forgiveness and release from the Fire? Many questions and numerous thoughts come to the heart of the sincere Muslim, who asks and answers with truthfulness.
Be not like one who has sewn a shirt and then destroyed it. Or have you seen one who earns a fortune trading throughout the day, then when the night comes, he throws away all that he earned. What would people say about such a person?
This is the condition of one who returns to sinning and evildoing after Ramadan and leaves obedience and righteous actions. So after he was favored with the blessing of obedience and enjoyment of communicating with Allah he returned to the blaze of sins and evil actions. How evil are the people who know Allah only in Ramadan! Please let be conscious of our actions.

LESSON FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHET

Prophet Muhammad the unlettered prophet who came when Arabia was nothing.
Out of nothing, he created a new world, a new life, a new culture, a new civilization, a new kingdom which influenced the thought and life of three continents -- Asia, Africa and Europe.
During his life time when the message was given to him, he called on his companions, told them he was given a message and sent to the world where they had no knowledge about, but it’s where their destiny would be determined.
Prophet started preparing them for the journey, he trained them to know who Allah is, the one God and what relationship exists between them and Allah, their deeds and soul and between them and their brothers. The prophet purified their souls.
He gave them spiritual training to face the challenges within them and their environments. He admonished that the bond that glued their souls with Almighty Allah must not be broken. And whatever they do God fearing must be the main priority.
He also made sure that their actions and steps taken were not for anyone’s purpose. He let them realized that things are done for Allah’s sake and not to seek the grace of anything lesser to HIM. He asked them to purify the motives and intentions so that their actions are not tainted by anything other than seeking the pleasure of Allah. “Why am I doing this” and “for what purpose”? these are the questions we need to be asking to check the situation of our souls. Then how to keep the relationship between them and their brothers unharmed.
He asked them to do away with any grudges against their Muslim counterparts. To free their mind for the great message and see themselves as brothers.
All these were thought mainly for soul purification to withstand the external forces he was preparing them for. After their soul was purified, he thought them the moral and how to be upright in their behavior and how they could endure in a difficult situation.
Similarly, the companions were trained on how to live in a society of corrupted people, how to manage the situation and the people in the society. he thought them not to dissociate themselves from the people living in the society and to work till the society is reformed.
After passing through this trainings, that was when Allah says, “You are the best nation raised for mankind” because then they could withstand any challenges. And throughout their life, lessons were learnt.
We saw how they put everything they learnt into practice, the love they had for the prophet, the brotherhood displayed when they were thirsty during the war, their relationship with Almighty Allah and above all, the Hikmah (wisdom) that were bestowed on them to tackle the roadblocks for them to be able to influence the thought and life of Asia, Africa and Europe.

PATIENCE, THE ONLY PANACEA TO STORMS IN LIFE.

Life is full of up and down. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness. All what you need is patience.
Though, Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. You must be strong to be able to control your mind when you are being tempted to do what will against the will of God. In life you are lured by different things but the most devilish one is Shayton. Everything you see, feel or touch and communicate with your mind is all Shayton tools but they all have no power over you until you go beyond Allah’s boundary. Adultery comes when Allah’s boundary is breached and when one is not even patience enough to control his mind. Likewise, Evil is possible when one forgets God.
People around you are of different nature with different behavioral style. High headedness, ill manners, bad temper and what have you are imbedded in them. They are your people and you cannot get rid of their imperfections.
The only way you can live together is to be patience and endure their individual shortcomings. So, you must be patience with people around you. You are faced with challenges.
Many things happen to you that you cannot change.
Death of love ones, loss of properties, unemployment, internal problem and many more are parts of life experience and what we have to encounter as human beings.
When these tragedy befall you, I beg, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you. Above all, Almighty Allah knows what is best for us. So there is no advantage to hurrying through life. 

Is it permissible for us to say that al-Husayn died as a martyr?

Praise be to Allah Yes, al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed as a martyr.
That was when the people of Iraq (Kufah) wrote to him and asked him to come out to them so that they could swear allegiance to him as their ruler, which happened after the death of Mu‘aawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and the accession of his son Yazeed to the caliphate.
Then the people of Kufah turned against al-Husayn after ‘Ubaydullah ibn Ziyaad was appointed as governor of the city by Yazeed ibn Mu‘aawiyah and killed Muslim ibn ‘Uqayl, who was al-Husayn’s envoy to them. The hearts of the people of Iraq were with al-Husayn, but their swords were with ‘Ubaydullah ibn Ziyaad.
al-Husayn went out to them, not knowing of the killing of Muslim ibn ‘Uqayl, or of the people’s changed attitude towards him.
Wise men who loved him had advised him not to go out to Iraq, but he insisted on going out to them. Among those who gave him this advice were: ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbaas, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, Abu Sa‘eed al-Khudri, Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah, al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, and ‘Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them all).
So al-Husayn travelled to Iraq, and halted at Karbala’, where he came to know that the people of Iraq had turned against him. So al-Husayn asked the army that came to fight him for one of three things: either to let him return to Makkah, or to let him go to Yazeed ibn Mu‘aawiyah, or to let him go to the frontier to fight in jihad for the sake of Allah.
But they insisted that he should surrender to them, and al-Husayn refused, so they fought him, and he was killed wrongfully as a martyr (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Bidaayah wa’n-Nihaayah (11/473-520
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Yazeed ibn Mu‘aawiyah was born during the caliphate of ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan (may Allah be pleased with him) and did not meet the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). He was not one of the Sahaabah, according to scholarly consensus, and he was not one of those who were well known for religious commitment and righteousness. He was one of the Muslim youth, and he was not a disbeliever or a heretic. He became the caliph after his father died, despite the objections of some of the Muslims and with the approval of some of them. He was courageous and generous, and he did not outwardly blatantly commit immoral actions, as some of his opponents said that he did.
During his rule, a number of grievous events occurred, one of which was the killing of al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him). Yazeed did not issue orders that al-Husayn be killed, and he did not express joy at his killing.  He did not poke the severed head of al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) with a stick, and the head of al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was not brought to him in Syria, but he did issue instructions that al-Husayn be prevented from achieving his goal, even if that involved fighting him. But those who received his instructions went further than that.
Al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) asked them to let him go to Yazeed or let him go to the border and keep watch there, or let him go back to Makkah, but they insisted on taking him prisoner and ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d issued orders to fight him, and they killed him wrongfully – him and a number of his family members (may Allah be pleased with them). His killing was a major calamity, because the killing of al-Husayn, and of ‘Uthmaan before him, was among the main causes of turmoil in this ummah, and their killers are among the most evil of people before Allah. End quote.
Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa (3/410-413)
He also said (25/302-305):
When al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed on the day of ‘Ashoora’, he was killed by the transgressing, wrongdoing group. Allah honoured al-Husayn with martyrdom, as He honoured other members of his family; He honoured Hamzah and Ja‘far with martyrdom, as well as his father ‘Ali and others. His martyrdom was one of the means by which Allah raised him in status, for he and his brother al-Hasan will be the leaders of the youth among the people of Paradise, and high status is only achieved by means of trials, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, when he was asked which of the people are most sorely tested? He said: “The Prophets, then the righteous, then the next best and the next best. A man will be tested to a degree commensurate with his level of religious commitment. If there is firmness in his religious commitment, his test will be greater, and if there is any weakness in his religious commitment, the test will be reduced for him. Trials will continue to befall the believer until he walks upon the earth with no sin on him.”
Narrated by at-Tirmidhi and others.
Al-Hasan and al-Husayn had previously been granted high status by Allah, may He be glorified, and they did not go through the same trials and hardships that had befallen their predecessors, because they were born at a time when Islam was prevalent and they had grown up with honour and dignity. The Muslims venerated them and honoured them, and when the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) died, they had not yet reached the age of discernment. The blessing that Allah bestowed upon them was that He tested them with that which caused them to join the other members of their family, just as He tested others who were better than them. ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib was better than them, and he was killed as a martyr. The killing of al-Husayn was an event that provoked turmoil among the people, just as the killing of ‘Uthmaan was one of the main causes of turmoil among the people, as a result of which the ummah is still divided until the present day.
When al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) went out and saw that things had changed, he asked them to let him go back (to Makkah) or to let him go to one of the border regions, or to let him go and join his paternal cousin Yazeed. But they did not let him do any of these things, unless he surrendered to them and they took him captive. They fought him, so he fought back, then they killed him and a number of those who were with him wrongfully and as martyrs. Allah honoured him with martyrdom and caused him to join the pure and good members of his family, and He humiliated thereby those who wronged him and transgressed against him. End quote.
Ends.

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