By Shittu Yunus Shittu Before the recent Islamic celebration of Eid-Kabir, many Muslims were quite apprehensive on how they could celebrate the occasion in view of the economic recession in the country. The situation was so alarming that some Islamic scholars had to intervene with...

Sallah. In this trying economic times, Muslims in Nigeria have been reminded that the slaughter of livestock especially, rams during Islamic festivity of Eid-Adha is not compulsory according to Islamic injunctions. An Islamic Scholar, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka told Economic Confidential that the sacrificial ram...