Islamic Information Kit

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Nasheeds heavyweight, Wallace Salanje will on 5th February, 2019 release his new nasheed titled "Kuumira" or "Liumira" in Yao langauge. Speaking in an interview with Islamic Information Kit, Salanje said that the nasheed will talk much about stinginess among Muslims and the essence of giving. "In my new nasheed their will be more teachings. I have considered all the angles like that many Muslims are stingy as they don't know how to give something but they always expect to receive," "I have come up with this nasheed so that we can eradicate this malpractice because most of the times we are having events like Qurbaan time 'Moment of Giving Sacrifice' or Ramadhan time 'fasting time'  most Muslims just move around in their Islamic regalia expecting  to be given aides," Salanje said According to Salanje , that is being stingy since everyone is supposed to give out not just waiting ...

Part of the letter By; Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. South African Broadcasting Corperation (SABC) has apologised to Malawians for implicating Malawians, particularly the Yao Muslims from southern part of the country  in Kenya attacks. The independent news analyst of the broadcast house allerged that Malawians were among the terrorists who terrorised and  killed people at a Luxury Hotel in Kenya. The remarks angered Malawians who asked SABC to clarify it's baseless allegations that can tarnish Malawi's image. This angered Malawi Non-Government Organisations and Government who penned SABC to clarify the claims. In a letter addressed to Malawi Civil Society Led Black Economic Empowerment Movement (MaBLEM) Taskforce and copied to  Malawi Minstry of Information, South African High Commissioner in Malawi and United Nations Malawi Representative , SABC has said it has regretted to broadcast the false information on one of it's airwaves. "The South African ...

Shuaib during last year's festival By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Malawian students studying at Gassim University in Saudi Arabia vowed to sell the country during People's Heritage Festival slated on Tuesday ,29th January, 2019. Speaking in an interview with Islamic  Information Kit,One of the Malawian students, Abdul Karim Shuaib said that they will let Arabs know the scope of Malawi during the event. Shuaib who is a year one student studying Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences at the University said that the festival will help them to elaborate what Malawi is. "During the day, we will cook Malawian food , explain the history of Malawi, explain the economic stand of Malawi and where it is found on earth." "We have best places in Malawi. Let's talk of our lakeshore districts such as Salima, Mangochi and Nkhatabay. Let's talk of mountains such as Mulanje.  These are best places and if these people can know, one time they can visit ...

Abubakar By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Indeed a journey of 1000 miles start with a mile, that's the case of a Muslim poet Yusuf Abubakar who will on 3rd February,2019 perfom at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe. Abubakar will perform at a show organised by Lyco sponsored by Hivos where they want to present awards to some artists in secondary schools who put effort in their arts in 2018. "I am recognised to perform to this big function which I don't take it for granted," "I will share the same stage with big names in poets such as Robert Chiwamba, Raphael Sitima just mention a few," He said. According to Abubakar, the recognition shows that he is growing in the industry. "It's just showing that I am growing in this industry," "You can't be good to all but those who watched me on the stage do appreciate my talent, I can see in the future performing live in USA, UK and o...

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. National Muslim Students Association (NAMSA) has elected new members into it's National Executive Committee (NEC) during an elections conference held on Saturday at College of Medicine in Blantyre. The elections saw Yasin Sadi from College of Medicine as  new NAMSA Chairperson and Shukran Shaban from the same college as Deputy Chairperson. New NAMSA Secretary General is Aisha Senga from Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) and her deputy is Tanweera Chikwata from Bunda College, a constituent college of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar). The new NAMSA Treasurer is Saad Kamwendo from MUST and his deputy is Abdul Hamid Mpemba from The Polytechnic. The new Publicity Secretary is Allie Jafarie from Chancellor College and the NEC has five Executive Members. Outgoing National Muslim Students Association (NAMSA) Chairperson,  Jafar Jameson says his two year term in office has seen the Musli...

Jameson  By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Outgoing National Muslim Students Association (NAMSA) Chairperson,  Jafar Jameson says his two year term in office has seen the Muslim students body achieving several things. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Islamic Information Kit, Jameson says It has been a good experience which gave  him different decision making and problem solving skills. "More importantly the chance to lead my fellow students is something that I will always be grateful for. I was given a position which gave me the chance to work with students for better of the whole Muslim community in the country," "During my tenure, we have achieved alot and we have failed to achieve other planned activities," Says Jameson. According to the outgoing  chairperson,  the achievements include registration of NAMSA, establishment of regional Muslim Students Associations(MSA's), conducting career talks to secondary schools in different district...

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Suez Canal. Landlocked Malawi still has a chance of boosting economy using water transport just as how Egypt made it using a man-made marvel, Suez Canal, connecting Mediterranean and Red sea. From zero, Egypt turned things around by becoming the centre of International  trade using the canal. The scenario can be the same in Malawi despite being a landlocked country. The Shire- Zambezi Water Way project which was pioneered by Late President Bingu Wa Mutharika  is a ladder that can make Malawi a centre of trade if all procedures can be followed to make it start functioning. I am not much interested in establishing what made the project to hit snag but what I need is to see all thorns sorrounding the project removed and let it start contributing to Malawi's economy. Suez Canal  has several ports such as Port Said which is the centre of International trade. Suez Canal it is one of most usable man made  canal just as Pan...

A screenshot from the video. By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor Celebrated Blantyre based nasheeds artist Wallace Salanje has released a video of his nasheed titled "Chipitireje Kwapi Chiwa." Speaking in an exclusive Interview with Islamic Information Kit, Salanje said that the video prostrates the inevitability of death. "The video prostrates the inevitability of death within our longivity. Everybody will taste death as long as he/she was born. Fat,thin,light in complexion,brown,black,rich ,poor all will die." Salanje said. The nasheeds giant has said that nasheeds lovers  should expect more Inshallah in 2019 because he has plans of releasing a number of videos. "Their are a lot of messages to be captured by the viewers. It thas been long since I released this audio because their have been hicups during my preparations and so far  I have 14 videos." He said. Commenting on the challenges he has faced so far , Salanje pointed out that somet...

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. Without Gold, Silver , Diamond and Uranium Agrarian Economies still stablelise their economy using crop produce. That is why Agrarian Countries should prioritise crop diversification and Irrigation Farming as how the oil rich countries prioritise better oil prices per barrel. Agrarian Countries are the ones that rely on agriculture to boost and sustain their economy and they are common in Africa, America and Asia. What differs most is how the agricultural activities are done because developed economies use mechanised approach especially in America and Asia. The approach is different in developing countries especially in Africa where old ways of farming are still prioritised due to low levels of mechanisation which is a result of fiscal inbalance. Some countries in Africa such as Malawi the cases of crop diversification and mechanisation are still not prioritised due to financial instability and lack of committed experts to elaborate on the ...

Zuze says the app is affordable By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. A Muslim youth called Issah Ibn Zuze has developed an application of the Holy Quraan translated in Chichewa. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Islamic Information Kit , Zuze said that he came up with the idea to simplify the holy book to Malawi Muslim and to make it accessible. "You know, some Malawi Muslim don't know Arabic and they face challenges to grasp the concept of the Holy book. With the coming of this app, Muslim in the country will be able to read it in Chichewa," "We are in technological time and Muslim will just install this application and start accessing the Holy Quraan as they want," He said. He also said that it is costly for one to buy a hard copy of English-Chichewa Quraan but with the coming of this application, things are easy. According to Zuze, the development  of the application took him one year and challenges were also their. "I faced severa...

Students in a group photo By: Innocent Mpando The fact that one is alive, is enough to prostrate and say thanks to God. One painful thing that everyone takes note is that death is inevitable. Many have failed to make it even if they had all it needs to be alive, from good health, wealthy, young to good education. Being "Thankful to God" was this week's topic of discussion for Mzuzu University Muslim Students Association ( MUMSA). The two-hour  MUMSA convocation that takes place every Sunday had a boiling topic that is usually taken for granted; the topic of "'Thankfulness to God''. This was enough to explain why a true Muslim performs obligatory prayers five times a day surmounted by other non obligatory fulfillments to inculcate in themselves  a spirit of a continued gratitude to God. Setting the ball rolling, Ommar Hassan  starts his sermon with a  look from the noble Quran's Surat bakarah in one of the surahs where ''God...

By: Our Reporter Malawi Muslim Youth have expressed anger over an article by Times Media Group that is implicating Malawi Muslims in the deadly attack by Al-Shabab Rebel Group at a luxury hotel in Kenya. The artice which has appeared in Malawi News Titled "MW Implicated In Kenya Terror" is claiming that Yao Muslims from Southern Malawi are among the terrorists. The article has quoted SABC Video Clip which has gone viral on social media with a voice over of a purported analyst. Reacting to the story, Malawi Muslim Youth have described the story as baseless arguing that the points in the story are lacking  substantiated facts. "Times Media Group as a media giant can't  write such a big and sensitive story just from an opinion of the so called analyst." "The story has tarnished the image of the country and Malawi Muslims in particular. This kind of reporting is unwelcome  and must be stopped," Hamza Salimu said. All Muslim Youth that Isla...

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. In the history of Malawi for the first time, Lilongwe Muslim artists are about to release a nasheed titled  "Tichitepo Kanthu." "Tichitepo kanthu"(we need to take an action)    nasheed is asking Muslims to be action oriented Islamic Information Kit caught up with one artist featured in the nasheed, Yusuf Abubakar who fumed on the importance of being action oriented. "Muslims are leaders in all aspects, therefore, being a leader we need to take  actions in everything we see that we can manage  rather than to just see and watch things going worse waiting for Non- Muslims to come and bring change." "Muslims  underestimate  ourselves which is a great disease," says Yusuf Abubaker, one of the artist based in poetry who spices up the nasheed with his stanzas. Abubakar added that "I have no doubt, this nasheed will be loved by everyone once it reaches the market. We have gathered all great and well k...

By: Bright Malenga, Chief Editor. The long awaited poem titled "Zonse ndi nthawi" by Yusuf Abubaker from Lilongwe is now out. The poem is talking about the situation and challenges that people face in dairy lives. Abubakar People will be wondering with questions without answers that, how related it is being in a tough situations with  the poem title "zonse ndinthawi"( Its all about time ). "You know every situation that happens ,God knows it even before or after, therefore, we have to accept the situation without pointing fingers at each other." "It may happen that you are in marriage for several years without a child and someone just wedded yesterday and  in few months  God blesses them with a child ,that's life, just accept the situation because everything is about time and you don't  need to go to witch doctor's to find out solutions." Abubakar said. "Remedy for such situations are just to wait for your time...

By: Bright Malenga Both Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP) show that Malawi is struggling social economically but some features in this "Warm Heart of Africa" are incomparable. That's motivation. Indeed, Malawi recently was ranked the third poorest country in the World by International Monetary Fund (IMF), but the capability of drawing the line between poverty and prosperity is possible based on features that she has. That's motivation. Presence of Mountains, National Parks and Minerals such as Uranium offer hope that one day the song of victory will be sung. That's motivation. Lake Malawi. Our Gold which is Tobacco is not selling as the hot cake as it was before but crop diversification that we have partly prioritised has some positive impacts on our national output. Our economy instead of being dwindling rampantly, it is theoretically rebounding. That's still motivation even though Malawians need it to be practical. ...

By: Sheminah Nkhoma A Blantyre based Muslim poet is set to release two video poems this year which are expected to touch the hearts of many people in the country. During the shooting of poems. Speaking in an interview,  the poet Yusuf Bamusi said that he is happy that the long awaited dream of producing his video poems will soon come true since he started the journey of composing poems. “I have been waiting for these two videos to come out and now I thank Allah that what I have been asking for is now at the last stage and that any time it will released the first poem which is titled “Kundende” is enlightening about the hardships which the prisoners are facing in different prisons in the country and the second poem is titled “UMASIYE” is explaining about the hardships which the orphans are facing when they don’t have anyone to look after them”, said Bamusi. He added that its high time Muslim should come on the ground to showcase their talents which they have in poetry. ...