By Babatunde Jose In 630 AD, Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his nascent Islamic group conquered the city of Mecca and his Quraish adversaries. It turned...
By Babatunde Jose “O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among...
By Babatunde Jose Globally, almost one in ten people go to bed hungry every night. ‘Ebi ‘npawa oo’, is a cry of suffering and anguish, the...
By Babatunde Jose Forced migration has been a core element of human experience throughout history. The Islamic tradition is rich with stories of forced migration and...
By Babatunde Jose One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath...
By Babatunde Jose “Sorrow is part of the earth’s great cycles, flowing into the night like cool air sinking down a river course. To feel sorry...
By Babatunde Jose Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; Nobody knows my sorrow; Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; Glory, Hallelujah – Song by Louis Armstrong...
By Babatunde Jose ‘Hope’ is among the most exalted of all feelings. We have bestowed an air of nobility upon it – an optimist hopes, pessimist...
By Babatunde Jose “So do not lose hope, nor fall into despair, for you will be superior if you are true in faith.” (Surah Al-Imran; 139)...
By Babatunde Jose Six months into the Israeli genocide in Gaza, facts are getting clear to the whole world, especially Western Europe and ‘grandpa’ United States...