(JollofNews)- This year’s Hajj package to Mecca pegged at D210, 000 equivalent to $ 4, 350, is one of the highest in the region. Although the National Hajj Commission has just announced a reduction of D10, 0000 from the fees of D220, 000 for last year, the cost of Hajj is[Read More…]
Religion
Religion: Death For Blasphemy Deserves Scorn
(JollofNews) – In a recent lecture, Owen Jones, who described himself as a ‘socialist humanist’ and an ‘atheist’, drew attention to his objection to ‘aggressive atheism’. He defined aggressive atheism as that form of atheism that treats religious belief and believers with contempt. Jones said, “Yet while I am an[Read More…]
Exiled Gambian Cleric Returns Home
(JollofNews) – A renowned Gambian imam who fled the Gambia after severe persecution for daring to tell the unpleasant truth to the former regime of Yahya Jammeh Wednesday made a surprised return to the Gambia. Imam Baba Leigh fled the Gambia to the United States in 2013 shortly after his[Read More…]