Ramadan Rhythm: Dedicted to Sultan Qalam: Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as))

• 'O ye who believe! Fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you. So that you may guard against evil' Qur'an Chapter 2 V 183. • In the twinkling of an eye • The glorious month is nigh and bright. • Shining and Sparkling Stars • Dawn of Silver rosaries • Of silver glasses and food vessels • The Muezzin call of Sahur and Iftar • The mutual duo • The glorious Qur'an and its reciters • The long Queue of faithfuls • In a soldierly manner inclined • And a sonorous delightful chorus • Clusters of moonlight admonition • A token of night sleep • The mosque and its numerous visitors • of blessings in torrents descend • Evil deeds and the magnifying forgiver • Lo! Of Satan in chains barred • The hell and its closed doors • Of Angels in celestial eminence • Hovering around the lower heaven • A free gift of the hour • Treatise of outpouring revelation • The faithfuls all ears poised • Of the days in rows of majesty • And the night in rows of eminence • Colors of numerous delight • Of service and bounteous rewards • Strength unto Strength • Of kiddies Male and Female folks • Old and young faithfuls • Spice of endless fun • Of the heavens and its special bounties • The Pious and their deeds • Mankind and the renewed Destiny • The Qur'an and its oft repeated verses • Fore runner of the man's speeches • Coated in Holy oil • And his practices scroll in indelible ink • Worship and vitality • Scenes of fervent out pour • Prayers and praises unusual • Prayers and praises Unusual • Days of renowned mercies • Night of colored spectacles • The scribes and their records • Fasting is like a skillful surgeon • Healing of all ailment • And a new life adorned • Like a show of majestic deliverance • Of multitudes in Awe of the dreadful day • The day of universal standing • Pangs of hunger nonetheless • With love they rode • In their spiritual planes • Speed of limitless reckoning • A decree of individual capacity • And signs of mutual accord • Of the faithfuls • And their great Allah • Of a creed well scribed • A people well guided • On a path not easy • Courage and perseverance • Love and truthfulness • Of service and humility • The attribute of honor • Of a life soaked in repentance • Yearning for His merciful glances • Of endless joy and celebration • Fruit of belief • The hidden and the seen • Prayer in ceaseless fashion • Of task beyond imagination • Of man and his desires • Hard work and hope • Of sacred words revered • In glowing tones echo • Admonishing from the exalted throne • Of warning and glad tidings • Eternal flocks and a merciful shepherd • Author> Murtaza Micky Malik Morakinyo Yusuf • P.S. A paper back of this book is already published.You can obtain it in Lagos,Calabar and Abuja. • Please call 08023540547.08032652057.BB PIN:(2595EB8D).

Nelson RolihlahlaMandela:94Years in 67Minutes:Dedicated to Tolulope Adeleru,a fresh morning dew & delicious voice on Radio in Nigeria.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is one of the world's revered statesmen! He led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime in South Africa. He is also the world's most famous prisoner.Nelson Mandela is also well regarded as a great figure of the twentieth century.He was born on July 18,1918. He was born at Muezo,a village near Mthalatha,in the Transkei region of South Africa. In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges and sentenced to a life in prison.He went on to serve for 27 years in prison.He spent most of the years at the now famous Robben Island.His long term in prison evoked a lot of sympathy around the world as all African countries deployed a lot of diplomatic entreaties to save Mandela from dying in jail. Nigeria was particularly at the fore front of the struggle to get Nelson Mandela released from prison. Africans living in Africa and Africans in diaspora deployed the arts to end the apartheid regime. In Nigeria, many musicians sang a lot of free Mandela songs till The Madiba, whom i also called my grandfather was released on February 11,1990. He won the Nobel peace prize in 1993 and became the president of South Africa in 1994.He has won more than 250 Awards.He was the president of South Africa for five years from 1994-1999. Since leaving office,Mandela has become the reference point for excellent leadership and statesman ship. He is loved by so many people around the world and the celebrities, former heads of states and other top hats will not conclude their visits to South Africa till they see Dr Nelson Mandela.For a great man who has sown so much good around the world,Dr Nelson Mandela, recently reaped a huge harvest when his daughter,Zenani was named as the South African ambassador to Argentina.

Professor Wole Soyinka: A Delicious Literary Porridgege

Professor Wole Soyinka is a distinguished playwright,poet,author and writer. Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka is famous for being the first African in Africa and in diaspora to win the Nobel prize for literature in 1986. He is regarded by many as Africa's greatest writer and one of the world"s most salient dramatist. He was born on July 13,1934 in Abeokuta, Ogun State,South-west Nigeria. He was born into a family with deep religious values.His father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka was an Anglican minister alongside his mother,Grace Eniola Soyinka whom he described as a wild christian. his mother was a daughter of Reverend Canon J.J. Ransome Kuti of the influential Ransome-Kuti family.The world renowned Afro beat super star,Fela Ransome-Kuti,who later changed his name to Anikulapo-Kuti,Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti,Prof.Olikoye Ransome-Kuti are all Professor Wole Soyinka's cousins. Prof Soyinka read English Literature,Greek and Western History at the University College Ibadan,which was then affiliated to the University of London.He later proceeded to England and studied at the University of Leeds.Professor Wole Soyinka played an active role in the Nigeria's political struggles since the 60's.In 1965, he caused an uproar at the Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service studio when he broadcast a popular demand,for cancellation of the then Western Nigeria regional election. During the Nigeria's Civil war in 1967, he was arrested by the Federal Government of Nigeria, The then military head of state,General Yakubu Gowon puthim in solitary confinement for two years. As a humanist and a protagonist for good governance,Prof Soyinka continues his political struggles till the days of the fiery Military ruler, General Sanni Abacha, and even till date in Nigeria, where his salient opinions on topical issues are well-sought by many Nigerians.In the aftermath of the the killing of Chief Bola Ige,the former attorney general and Minister of Justice,Professor Soyinka described the attitude of the then former president Olusegun Obasanjo administration as 'Dancing on Ige's funeral' He called the current Militant islamic sect Boko Haramism and wondered why the Boko Haram group detest western education.Professor Soyinka also condemned the killing of then leader of the Boko Haram sect,Muhammad Yusuf by the Nigerian Police.He called the recent renaming of the University of Lagos,a dubious way to honor the acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential election in Nigeria and asked President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to declare MKO Abiola, the winner of the 1993 election with the additional befitting honors.Professor Soyinka also said recently in an interview on Aljazeera satellite television that he was not thinking about how he would like to be remembered. He said that it is up to those who care to extract whatever they like on how they would like to remember him.

MKO ABIOLA & THE RECCURING POLITICAL DECIMAL

Though he died in 1998, MKO Abiola needs no introduction in Nigeria and i dare say that he also hardly needs introduction around the world. If a man ever lived,who was born without a silver spoon in his mouth,whose name rings a bell in the minds of so many people, a man who had to struggle through his dint of hard work,scholarship and some divine providence to rise from paternal obscurity, racial hindrances and nationality obstacles, to a great height of scholastic erudition,financial prominence and gargantuan eminence in business and politics in Nigeria and around the world,it was the man called Mashood kashimawo Olawale Abiola. He was a man whose passion for generosity and philanthropy was Unequaled since 1960 when Nigeria earned her independence from the British Colonialists till date. Though Nigeria may have had and still have many rich people like Abiola,the question is, if you are as rich or even richer than Abiola, can you spend your money to change/improve the condition of a common and the masses like MKO Abiola did during his lifetime. Little wonder the legendary Fuji Maestro Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Balogun popularly called 'Alhaji Agba' coined a befitting monetary parlance from the initials of MKO Abiola in three languages English, Hausa and Yoruba. he called him Money,Kudi, OwO. Abiola. Though he had friends in the military,Abiola was their worst critic. He complained about their maladministration and Unwillingness to usher in a democratic government.IN 1993 he was a Presidential flag bearer of Social Democratic Party and it is a well-known truth that MKO Abiola clearly won the election. This story will continue later and it will be published into a full blown book to commemorate 20 YEARS of MKO Abiola's mandate,the JUNE 12 in 2013.

Murtaza Micky Yusuf: Politics and the death of internal democracy in Ni...

Murtaza Micky Yusuf: Politics and the death of internal democracy in Ni...: Though no fewer than four political parties in Nigeria have representatives at all levels of government in Nigeria,it is absolutely Undemocr...

Politics and the death of internal democracy in Nigeria......

Though no fewer than four political parties in Nigeria have representatives at all levels of government in Nigeria,it is absolutely Undemocratic that almost all of them were hand picked into offices.We saw it all at the last local government elections in Lagos,South-West Nigeria and we just saw it all over again at the latest charade called Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention held at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria to elect the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.
During the second republic, we read and saw how our nationalists led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikwe and Alhaji Aminu Kano, all of blessed memories, meticulously went through the screening and elections of the then UPN,ANPP and PRP.
Alas, since the advent of the fourth republic the reverse seemed to be the order of the day. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo was taken out of prison to contest the 1999 presidential election on the platform of the PDP. He contested the election alongside the man who later became his Vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. After their first term in office as President and Vice-president, a lot of internal bickering was noticed in the four walls of the Peoples Democratic Party. The executives of the party waded into the matter, in the end, the number one citizen of Nigeria and his second in command grudgingly seek a re-election into the offices of President and Vice-president of Nigeria.For the 2007 presidential election, contrary to the norms,President Olusegun Obasanjo picked a former chemistry teacher at the Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria, Kaduna State and the then out-going Governor of Katsina State, as his sole candidate. The internal squabble at the PDP led to the exit of the out-going Vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Though Atiku Abubakar wished to contest as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the 2007, presidential election, he was barred from contesting. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar quickly declared his new allegiance with the then Action Congress,a very vibrant political party, which has its roots, majorly in the South-West Nigeria. Due to the large follower ship of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the Northern parts of Nigeria,most notably in Adamawa State and maybe because of his marital ties to the South-West, his wife Hadjia Titi Abubakar hails from Osun State, South-West Nigeria. He contested the 2007 Presidential election alongside Senator Bola Tinubu, his Vice-presidential candidate.Back to Lagos, the then out-going Governor, Lagos State,Gov. Bola Ahmed Tinubu against all norms,he singularly picked an Unknown lawyer,Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola, as the gubernatorial candidate of the then Action Congress party (AC). Those were the days we started digging the graves of internal democracy in Nigeria. Today, in Nigeria, we are seeing not just the death of internal democracy, we can see the graves as well.
Since Nigeria is practicing the Presidential system of government we should learn from the vibrant internal democracy of the United States of America.
Prior to the U.S. Presidential election in 2008,two notable democratic candidates, Mrs Hillary Clinton and Mr Barack Obama slugged it out; before Obama became the overwhelming choice of the people of America. That is the beauty of internal democracy.
Now, the whole world is seeing how the Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorium & co are battling each other for the prestigious party ticket, for the forthcoming U.S.Presidential election 2012. This is the beauty of internal democracy in motion.

Islamic Bank in Nigeria.......

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Islamic Bank in Nigeria

Recently the irrepresible Governor of Central bank of Nigeria,Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi intimated Nigerians that the Central Bank of Nigeria will soon introduce the Islamic banking system.
Consequent upon that annoucement i have seen the action and listened to the reaction and counter reaction of some Nigerians.
Many Christians have criticized the CBN motives and wondered if its not a new scheme designed to islamize Nigeria.
Now, considering the notoriety of some misguided folks in Nigeria and around the world,in the name of Islam,
it is difficult to fault the genuine concern and even the mischievous rants of some biased commentators against the introduction of the islamic bank in Nigeria.
In a muslim world of Osama Bin Laden,suicide bombers, Boko haram and other kinds of terrorists,
Who are justifying murder and mayhem in the name of Allah,a genuine and a true muslim has an uphill task or an everest size mountain to climb in order to convince a doubting Thomas or even a fellow muslim about the genuiness of Islam! Is it not true that a muslim once said that
'I give thanks to Allah that i found islam before i found a muslim, because if i had found a muslim before i found islam, i wont accept Islam' This statement means that many muslims are acting contrary
to the tenets of Islam! So I feel that Nigerian muslims including this writer, should understand why the CBN Governor has been getting more knocks than kudos all over Nigeria,despite the novelty of the beautiful scheme.
It should be explained that the proposed bank is just islamic in name. It is also a place of work for christians and other non-muslims. A Christian and other non-muslims can also lend money from the bank.

What Is Islamic Banking System? It is a monetary or finance system founded upon the directives of Allah in the holy
Qur'an Chapter 2 verses 273-277 ( pls read all these verses in order to really understand the directives) Allah says
'Those who eat from collecting interests on money are doing it like the eating of the devil,because they said that
collecting interest is like trading'. Allah says further that whereas 'Allah forbids the collection interests and
makes lawful the establishment of trading' ventures,etc.


A Non-Interest banking:It is a non-interest banking system which lends money to trade without collecting
interest or collecting a collateral.

A profit & Loss partnership: This system is also based on a profit & loss business relationship,whereby the banks
who are lending the money collects the greater percentage of the profits,and give the business man/woman
his /her due because they took the bigger risks by investing money in your ideas/buisness.
The islamic banks will be populated by seasoned bankers/business men & women who will give expertise advice on whatever business or trade you need money for and also monitor the business. This is why the scheme has been 99.9percent
successful in Saudi Arabia,UAE,Pakistan,etc. In a few cases of loss,it is easier to cushion the effect of the loss.

Economic/social benefits: Since the money invested in your trade is interest free, you will not worry about any collateral.
Trading will get a big boost because businesses will come alive as cost of production,manpower,localisation get
a big boost. The masses theory of, mass employment,mass production will now take effect.
The era of loosing your collateral like houses,lands,cars,etc will now be all over at the Islamic bank in Nigeria.The
era of enslaving people with debts will be over.

Micro & Macro Finances: Sadaqat & Zakat in Islam. All these are dealt with by the sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad(saw
that can be found in the hadith.It is an exemplary explanation of the verses of the Qur'an quoted above on trading.



Islamic money markets: According to the Central bank of Nigeria,the introduction of islamic bank in Nigeria,may create a new
islamic money markets and the islamic assets management.
* I will do more research to write more details about
the pros of the Islamic bank.#


* The blog will later be published into a full blown book as soon as possible!#