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From Ethiopia to Egypt and Tunisia, the footsteps of the Sahaba (RA) are etched into Africa’s Islamic history. Long before the rise of Africa’s great Muslim empires and sultanates, the Companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ travelled to the continent, lived among its people and left behind an enduring legacy of faith, sacrifice and dawah. In the first episode of One Nation Media’s 10-part series, “The Islamic Civilisation of Africa”, Shaykh @mustafabriggs explores the remarkable history of the Sahaba in Africa, including those who lived, fought, died and were buried on the continent. This is Africa’s Islamic heritage. A history that deserves to be told. Watch episode 1 now! #islamichistory #islam #africa FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
The Sahabah buried in Africa!
An Israeli Jew entered the courtyard of Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina, despite restrictions on non-Muslim access. Adam Jano told Israeli media that he entered Saudi Arabia using a foreign passport and narrowly avoided discovery when Saudi religious police searched his bag but failed to find his concealed Israeli passport. Jano also travelled across the kingdom, visiting historic Jewish sites and performing a Jewish religious ritual near a site associated with Prophet Musa (AS). Under established normative Islamic rulings, non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madina. #masjidnabawi #madina #medina FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
Israeli Jew enters Masjid Al-Nabawi
In this week’s episode of The African Muslimah podcast, Zenzokuhle Iman shares her journey from reverting to Islam in 2010 to navigating life as a Black South African Muslim in Soweto. She explores finding belonging in Islam and confronts difficult questions around dawah, charity and the treatment of Black South African Muslim communities. #islam #southafrica #muslimwomen Topics of discussion include: - Finding Islam after her father’s death and choosing the name Iman. - Finding community and witnessing dawah through character. - Navigating belonging as a Black South African Muslim woman. - Challenging charity that delivers food but neglects dignity and lasting relationships. - Building stronger Muslim institutions through consistent community support. - Strengthening sisterhood, families and community independence. The African Muslimah is a flagship series on One Nation Media (ONM), an intimate, honest exploration of how Islam shapes the identity, choices, and impact of African Muslim women across the continent and diaspora. 🎙️ Hosted by Na’ima B. Robert | Author, presenter, and book coach based in Harare, Zimbabwe 📺 New episodes coming soon — subscribe so you don’t miss them! 🔔 Hit the bell to be notified when we go live! FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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In this week’s episode of The African Muslimah podcast, Umamah Lu’luah opens up about growing up rooted in deen, navigating identity and stepping into spaces where she didn’t always feel represented. From being a young niqabi in unfamiliar rooms to becoming a published author, she shares the challenges, lessons and defining moments that shaped her journey and helped her find her voice through media, entrepreneurship and writing. #islam #muslimwomen #niqab Topics of discussion include: - Umamah’s Swana and Zanzibari heritage and family’s Islamic legacy. - An empowering Islamic upbringing and finding her voice through public speaking. - Leaving school and her community, and questioning her identity. - Launching Young Women in Business and entering broadcasting through Salaam Media. - Social media pressures, comparison and embracing unconventional talents. - Feeling like an outsider at Y20 and refusing to shrink herself. - How isolation inspired The Diary of Hanan Isa and its intimate diary format. A Advice to young Muslims: work hard, seize opportunities and stay grounded in deen without expecting someone else’s path. The African Muslimah is a flagship series on One Nation Media (ONM), an intimate, honest exploration of how Islam shapes the identity, choices, and impact of African Muslim women across the continent and diaspora. 🎙️ Hosted by Na’ima B. Robert | Author, presenter, and book coach based in Harare, Zimbabwe 📺 New episodes coming soon — subscribe so you don’t miss them! 🔔 Hit the bell to be notified when we go live! FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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1,300 years of Islamic civilisation. Ten powerful stories. One continent. One Nation Media presents “The Islamic Civilisation of Africa”, a 10-part video explainer series with the erudite Shaykh Mustafa Briggs, exploring the empires, sultanates and polities that shaped Africa and the wider Muslim world. A history of faith, scholarship, power and resistance. A legacy that deserves to be known. Watch the introduction now. The series begins next week. Stay tuned! #islam #africa #islamichistory FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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Imam Abdullah Haron challenged apartheid from the minbar, but his resistance did not stop at the mosque. He carried his message into communities divided by apartheid’s laws, spoke out against the Group Areas Act and stood firmly against a system he described as unjust and un-Islamic. In 1969, Imam Haron was detained for 123 days and interrogated almost daily. He was martyred in police custody at the age of 45. The following day, more than 30,000 people walked with his janazah through the streets of Cape Town. More than five decades later, the man apartheid tried to silence is still remembered, his name carried through the streets of the city he served. #southafrica #islam #apartheid FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
Abdullah Haron: The imam martyred by apartheid
In this week’s episode of The African Muslimah Podcast, host Na’ima B Robert explores the role Muslim women play in shaping culture and the power they have to challenge what should never have been passed down in the first place. #africa #muslimwomen #islam Topics of discussion include: - How women shape the culture passed to the next generation. - How Umm Suma prioritised her daughter’s education, deen and right to choose. - Distinguishing harmful traditions from Islamic teachings. - The influence of mothers, grandmothers and women as a child’s first teachers. - Breaking cycles of forced marriage, colourism, class prejudice, abuse and silence. - How the Prophet ﷺ challenged harmful practices while preserving what was good in Arab culture. - How Ifrah Mohammed turned her experience of FGM into a campaign against it. - How Dr Hawa Abdi sheltered thousands during Somalia’s civil war. - Why lasting change must come from people who know their communities. 1 What will end with you? Choosing which harmful practices we will stop passing on. The African Muslimah is a flagship series on One Nation Media (ONM), an intimate, honest exploration of how Islam shapes the identity, choices, and impact of African Muslim women across the continent and diaspora. 🎙️ Hosted by Na’ima B. Robert | Author, presenter, and book coach based in Harare, Zimbabwe 📺 New episodes coming soon — subscribe so you don’t miss them! 🔔 Hit the bell to be notified when we go live! FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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In the final worldview explainer, One Nation Media editor Dilly Hussain examines what the Caliphate means, the principles on which it rests and how Muslims might understand it in a modern world. He also challenges the distorted image of the Caliphate that prevails among Western policymakers and in the media. #caliphate #islam #worldviews FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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In this episode of The African Muslimah podcast, Na’ima B. Robert speaks with renowned Nigerian Islamic educator and author Maryam Lemu. Maryam entered marriage believing it would mirror what she had grown up seeing. Nearly 35 years later, she reflects on the struggles that brought her marriage to the brink, the ego she had to confront and the lessons that transformed her relationship. She also discusses raising the next generation, setting healthy boundaries, remaining true to Islam and the growing influence of social media on Muslim families. #AfricanMuslim #Muslimwomen #Africanpodcast Topics of discussion include: • Her family’s journey from embracing Islam in Britain to authoring 27 books about the faith. • How her marriage nearly fell apart and why listening instead of becoming defensive transformed their relationship. • Understanding marriage as both a relationship and a covenant with Allah. • Modelling Islam through how we live, not simply what we teach our children. • The powerful lesson behind her son’s words: “Being nice is fear with a smile.” • Challenging the tendency to treat Islam like a “buffet” that can be switched on and off. • How online culture, comparison and imported values are affecting Muslim ma • Why strong Muslim families can build a legacy that reaches far beyond the home. The African Muslimah is a flagship series on One Nation Media (ONM), an intimate, honest exploration of how Islam shapes the identity, choices, and impact of African Muslim women across the continent and diaspora. 🎙️ Hosted by Na’ima B. Robert | Author, presenter, and book coach based in Harare, Zimbabwe 📺 New episodes coming soon — subscribe so you don’t miss them! 🔔 Hit the bell to be notified when we go live! FOLLOW ONE NATION MEDIA: Website: https://1nationmedia.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1NationMediaTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1nationmediaFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1nationmediainsta X (Twitter): https://x.com/1nationmediax TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@1.nation.media Telegram: https://t.me/onenationmediaTG
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