Dr. Odia A Ogbebor

26/10/2022

07/09/2022

The bandit negotiator is an Alhaji and was even going for Hajj when he was arrested.

The second is just a Muslim but supplying arms to bandits.

These guys are more terrible and dangerous than blasphemers. But unfortunately, the Muslim community of the North will not take this issue more seriously than blasphemy.

Are the guys not disgracing the image of Islam?

Where are those whose name where released by UAE as sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria?

Nothing was done to them. How are we sure that some of those guys are not responsible for the activities of the bandits in the North.

This same ruling party wants to give to us a Muslim-muslim leadership in 2023 when what we have now has already proven dangerous for the country.

Our VP who is a Christian can't even take any action of those associated with terrorism. You now want to give to us in 2023, a VP who once housed a known terrorist in his government house during his era as Governor of Borno state.

May APC and their choice of leadership not happen to us in 2023.

29/08/2022

Peter Obi having breakfast with OBIdients in Toronto, Canada.

29/08/2022

The Peoples Democratic Party has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to leave the running mate of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Sh...

29/08/2022

One reason why every sane Nigerian that values the unity of this country should vote out APC is that if APC wins in 2023, then an igbo man will NEVER EVER BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.

APC represents EVIL, INJUSTICE, WICKEDNESS, CHAOS and DISUNITY most especially in National level. Their actions is aimed at pushing the Southeast further away from National politics. They connive with some greedy S. Southerners to ensure that the S. Easterners don't have an ally in their cause.

Sometimes I ask myself, "Why would a Yoruba man look at his brother in the East and pretend like he does not know that it is their turn to produce the President in 2023? Is it the Islamic religion? Or is it a tribal sentiment?

Is Islam against fairness and Justice? Absolutely not. Does been a Yoruba mean that you should be against fairness and justice? Absolutely not. So where is this terrible mindset coming from?

How then can anyone blame Nnamdi Kanu for becoming extreme in his pursuits for the freedom of his people?

I have always hated party politics because it blinds people from the truth, promotes division, segregation and deceitful intentions. Look at what PDP did to wike. How can PDP not understand that it is the turn of the south to rule? They don't care about Justice. All they are concerned about is winning the election.

Look at APC. How can they leave Amaechi and choose a weakling to represent them if indeed they care about doing what is right? How about the Igbo candidates from the Party? Victory at the polls is all they care about. They are all counting on the voting strength of the North.

How long would we continue like this and expect peace to reign in Nigeria?

If you have a conscience, you would support Peter Obi and no one else.

24/08/2022

E get wetin I just read now🤣🤣 Laf wan finish me here🤣🤣.

If u are supporting Peter Obi with or without anyone's support,

With or without any association with any informal or formal body,

And your entire interest is ONLY FOCUSED ON THE VICTORY OF PETER OBI, with or without expecting any reward,

You are the TRUE NIGERIAN.

Let all you do be for the sake of Peter Obi's victory. This should be your ONLY INTEREST. We know that if he gets there by the Will of People and not just by his will, he would surely do Nigeria good.

You see those other guys, majority of them are focused on what they personally want to gain from their Choice and not what Nigeria stand to gain in totality.

These guys truly don't care if the country would be totally buried. They think that by buying the best stones to make their burial grounds, their bodies would be treated better than us whose body may be buried without stones. They have forgotten that we would all decay. Our bodies shall become food to the lives in the grave.

These men are dead men up there. They stay alive by feeding on us. Their aim is to totally devour us so that they can have the best of lives.

We shall keep our eyes on the light. It is time for them to pay for our victory. We are going to take back what they think they have taken from us.

This is a battle between good and evil. And "hope" is the stronghold of people who believe that good will not allow evil to always rule.

Every oppression has a termination day.

Every backwardness has a termination day.

And termination day is near.

And through He, the most reliable and trusted Presidential candidate, whose identity is a revelation of Justice, Peter Obi, do we believe it shall come to pass.

24/08/2022

*I had a dream.*

*In that dream, I saw huge forest trees been cut down.*

*A very huge camp was made. Young people were gathering in the camp from all angles.*

*There was this great euphoric feeling going round.*

*Everyone was enthusiastic about a new country.*

*It was like a new beginning.*

*And all this was happening because of Peter Obi.*

*Myself and Peter Obi began singing the same song to God.*

*We were trying to spread the song among the youths that were dancing in circles in the camp before I woke up.*

*The message was clear.*

*The rebirth of Nigeria is taking place.*

*It's like nothing before in the history of Nigeria.*

*The old Nigeria is passing away.*

*Those who wants to maintain the status quo would fight against this.*

*But we shall not give up.*

*A new Nigeria is possible.*

*Good morning.*

-Odia A Ogbebor

24/08/2022

One of the greatest lie in Nigeria History is from those who say Tinubu's administration in Lagos did better than Obi's administration in Anambra. This is a blatant lie that has no basis in history.

You can't brag about your progress by how much you unjustly take from people but rather how much you were able to give to the people with your limited resources.

There was no time in history that Anambra state had more money than Lagos state. Anambra state was founded in 1991, while Lagos was created in 1967. Lagos, been the 4th largest economy in Africa owes this to it's enormous population of more than 15 million people. Some statistics places it at 20 million plus. This is why the major source of it's revenue is through TAXES.

Lagos has always attracted people due to its location and it's ports long before Tinubu ever imagined himself to be a Governor. Tinubu is not responsible for the influx of people into Lagos. None of his policies was responsible for that. Non yorubas in Lagos have always been prosperous before the time of Tinubu. Tinubu is not responsible for the prosperity of non yorubas in Lagos. Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe said in 2013 that the IGBOS have lived in Lagos since the 15th century.

Anambra state has a population of between 5 to 6 million people. And this state was once destroyed by the civil war between 1967 to 1970. For the fact that the state could rise up from it's ashes is a proof of how resilient the people of the state are. Today, it has become the manufacturing hub of Nigeria.

Most of Tinubu's establishment was mainly for collecting taxes while portraying itself as a state service delivery system. Imagine a situation where there were no ports or a large population in Lagos, what kind of idea or development would Tinubu be able to introduce? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

He has no business helping local businesses in the state to grow or help manufacturing or production companies in Lagos to grow. All he thinks about is how to take from them.

Apart from the few extremely wealthy yorubas in Lagos who got their wealth through political privileges, non yorubas, most especially the IGBOS contribute a very large share to the prosperity of the state.

Senator Adeseye said,

"The IGBOS had the skill and the industry in Lagos. The institutional development of Lagos – the railways, the ports and ship yards; the education and research facilities; the Banking and Commodities Exchange, the development of towns like Yaba, Surulere, Ebutta-Metta, Festac Town, Victoria Island, and now increasing the Ajah-Lekki axis, and of course, the ghettoes along the Orile-Badagry axis, have profound Igbo imprimatur. Most houses and shops in Lagos Island have been purchased, developed and occupied by the Igbos. The value of their investments in Lagos Island alone is in trillions of naira."

So it's a blatant lie to say Tinubu made Lagos what it is today. It's even worse and manipulative to say that Tinubu owns Lagos. If we judge by investments or contribution to the development of the state, it is not wrong to say that igbos and non Yorubas own a fair share in Lagos. The only way I can agree that yorubas own Lagos is because of their population which is over 70%.

By their investments, the IGBOS have also provided thousands of Jobs and business opportunities for the Yorubas in Lagos. By clear logic, they have collectively done more than Tinubu in Lagos.

IGR is not what you can use to judge the prosperity of the people. IGR only shows how much the state is earning from her population and not what she is giving to her population. So even if you make trillions in IGR, it does not mean that the people are now richer or better off.

Peter Obi didn't focus on IGR because he believed that in as much as taxes is a good means of generating revenue, it should be done after considering the level of unemployment, underemployment in your state or country. This is a man who has a conscience. So when people talk about the IGR of his state during his tenure, I just laugh at their ignorance.

Without focusing so much on IGR, he drastically reduced the poverty rate in his state. He improved their education and they were leading in most entrance examinations written nationwide. He improved the health sector and was the first Governor to increase doctor's salaries in his state by 60%. Ofcourse, the doctors wanted more which made them to embark on a 13 months strike. They abandoned the strike when they applied common sense. He built roads and even rehabilitated federal roads and continued to do so until President Jonathan asked him to stop and paid him back for all he has done. Remember that Tinubu didn't touch any federal road in Lagos state. Tinubu didn't build any bridge in his entire 8 years of service. But Peter obi built more than 20 bridges in his time.

Peter Obi did all these things without borrowing a penny. He did all these things with the limited resources he had at his disposal. He received some awards as the best Governor of his time.

So how is Tinubu better than Obi? How? If you tell me that Tinubu stands with the elites, and that is why you feel he is your choice, no wahala. But Obi is standing with the people.

Tinubu said; "I am the one left to rule."

Obi said; "It is you Nigerians that are contesting to rule this time through me and Datti."

Can you see the difference? Only the OBIdients will tell you to vote WISELY. The others will not because they know that the only wise thing to do is to vote for Peter Obi.

-Odia A Ogbebor

24/08/2022

While I was listening to Shettima in the NBA CONFERENCE, I was just wondering how he was so confident that a greater number of Nigerians would be fooled again by all he was saying.

Who is the man we should follow that knows the road? Tinubu? Which road to where does he know? Why couldn't he come down to the conference and tell the people the road that he knows? All presidential candidates were there except him. And his vice wants us to believe he is the best for us?

He said again that our economy is suffering from self-inflicted malaise (economic that is stagnant or in recession) and externally induced shocks. Then he further said that one way of growing the economy and stabilizing the naira is by diversification of our foreign exchange earnings.

So he knows that our economy is in a mess. In other words, his Party that have ruled for almost 8 years have failed woefully and couldn't even implement all the so called ideas they claim to have. You guys know about diversification of our foreign exchange earnings yet for almost 8 years in service, what we are finally hearing is that the country is broke.

And these guys are coming again to tell us that they want to do what they failed to do in the last 7 years plus. Are we all fools? If those who support you guys till today are fools, how dare you use that to judge the entire populace?

How can you be a part of the government and a party that pulled us down, taking us from TOP TO BOTTOM, and then have the audacity to still come to us for support? How do you intend to save us from your own self?

We refuse to be fooled again. We changed PDP in 2014. We will change APC in 2023. And if PETER OBI messes up, we would change him until we get it right in this country.

For now, we need fresh air. And Peter Obi is the only legitimate candidate that suites the leadership of this country in 2023.

Odia. A. Ogbebor.

15/05/2022

You see all those guys that had the courage to kill that girl, they are potential terrorists. The one who led them or took it upon himself to carry out the action is already a bokoharam member. He is the one without a gun but the will to kill.

The ones who didn't participate in killing the girl but are in support of the act are potential sponsors of Bokoharam or any extremist group. They may not be able to kill not to talk of been killed but they are happy to see that their inner desires is been carried out by some other person who can go to that extreme without fear.

There is still another group who actually believe that the girl deserves to be killed not by a mob but by court of law capable of legalizing the killing of the girl. I will not want to address these ones as potential sponsors or actual terrorists. But they belong to that class that like the law to dance to their favor when they want their inner desires to come to pass. They are the ones who can buy a lie or propagate it as the truth, and even change the true law with their own pen or use the name of Muhammad or whatever they claim that Muhammad said, to justify or legalize their action. But nevertheless, they are also very deadly.

The ones who are for peace among them are those who truly know that the girl insulted the Prophet just like how it has been done in the past and would still be done in the future, but still believe that it is not right to take the life of the girl whether by a mob or by any Court of Law.

Yes, if Muhammad was been insulted right before your eyes most especially when you are trying so hard to correct the wrong image or information about him, you may get seriously angry. I too have been in that state. And I always speak against those who continuously do so. If I try explaining to you and you still held on to your falsehood and continue to attack me, I will be provoked. And the worse I will do is to also imagine what I could say that would hurt you too. If I don't want to do this, I simply ignore your comment or thought and move on to other issues.

I have given a challenge here to all my Muslim friends and I even attached a reward to it. And not a single one of them could accept the challenge by providing evidence in the Quran they claim to be the words of Allah of where such punishment as death penalty was given to someone who insulted Muhammad or Allah. That same Quran gave to us situations were Muhammad was insulted and even called a mad man. But not a single time Muhammad was asked to kill the person who insulted him or Allah.

The wars narrated in the Quran were made for self defence against a people that have vowed to oppress you, kill you and chase you out of your homes while preventing you from practicing your religion. His wars were a form of liberation. And this battles were after he had suffered oppression or persecution for 13 solid years.

I will not abandon Islam because of the activities of the misguided ones. Infact, I will embrace it more so that those who are outside of the faith can see that you can be who you are, do the things you love and still be a honest and knowledgeable Muslim. It doesn't matter what they say or how they want to see you as. What matters is that they can't take Islam from you because they were not the ones who gave it to you.

If you want to love Islam, pick up the Quran and read for yourself. Be open minded and objective. And if God wills, you would gradually see all what I have seen.

15/05/2022

Someone asked, how do we offer salat according to the Quran? He asked this because he wants to portray the Quran as an incomplete book for guidance.

Surah 6:114 says;

"˹Say, O Prophet,˺ “Should I seek a judge other than Allah while He is the One Who has revealed for you the Book ˹with the truth˺ perfectly explained?”

Surah 45:6;

"These are Allah’s revelations(Quran) which We recite to you ˹O Prophet˺ in truth. So what message will they believe in after ˹denying˺ Allah and His revelations(Quran)?

All these are pointing to the fact that the Quran supercedes any other book for guidance.

Surah 25:30;

"And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."1

So it is clear too that those who call themselves Muslims will abandon the Quran as the true guidance.

Nevertheless, let's examine the issue of salat. Let me remind you that if there were no other book present, the Quran is sufficient to guide anyone into offering Salat to God.

Our Salat begins from ablution.

Surah 5:6;

"O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles."

This is simple and direct. If you follow exactly what was written here, Allah will never denounce your prayer since He is the author of this directive.

When we want to begin our prayer, we often start with the first chapter of the Quran. I personally have no issue with this because it sort of unite the Muslims into one fold. However, the Quran itself didn't tell us it was mandatory to recite the first chapter of the Quran. And we also know that in the actual sense, surah 96 was the true first revelation given to Muhammad where he was commanded to read.

Some traditional narrations claim that it was when the direction of prayer was changed that Angel Gabriel revealed to Muhammad the importance of praying with Al-fatiha.

Well, I was not there neither were you. We do not know for sure if it is true or not since it wasn't documented in the Quran that was promised by God to be free from error or manipulation of men. Every other record may be manipulated. So the Quran will be our source of judgement on what is made compulsory or not.

It is good or sensible to pray beginning with Al fatiha. But since it is not made compulsory by the Quran, you can as well pray with any other chapter of the Quran and Allah will not be offended with you.

Surah 17:110;

"Say to them (O Prophet!): “Call upon Him as Allah or call upon Him as al-Rahman; call Him by whichever name you will, all His names are beautiful. Neither offer your Prayer in too loud a voice, nor in a voice too low; but follow a middle course."

The above verse instructed us to call upon his name and taught us not to be too loud in our prayers.

This is already self explanatory. While I am praying, I can call the name of Allah and seek for whatever I desire from Him.

Surah 3:39 talks about one of our postures while praying....

"So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer......"

Surah 22:26 stressed further....

"........and for those who stand and who bow down and who prostrate themselves."

You stand, you bow, you prostrate while praying. Our praying postures are already defined. So it is expected that as I pray, I should observe these postures before my Lord. It does not matter how or when. What matters is that I do it.

Anyone who follows this basic steps in the Quran has already offered a complete prayer before his Lord. The Quran made it so easy for even non Muslims to follow without the rigid traditional ways that we have adopted.

It is important to note that the earliest believers of the Quran followed this basic steps in the Quran. But as later generation started coming up, they now wanted something that would unify all of them in one practice. This led to the formulation of routines and possibly adopting some ideas from previous religious groups before the message of the Quran. Example of such is the 5 times daily prayer which was also practiced by the Zoroastrians before the Muslims adopted it.

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Islamic Fajr prayer parallels the Zoroastrian dawn prayer Havaan.

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Islamic Zuhar prayer parallels the Zoroastrian noon prayer Rapithwan.

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Islamic Asr prayer parallels the Zoroastrian afternoon prayer Uziren.

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Islamic Maghrib prayer parallels the Zoroastrian evening prayer Aiwisuthrem.

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Islamic Isha prayer parallels the Zoroastrian night prayer Ushaen.

All these adoption became ritualized by later generations.

These practices do not pose any harm to anyone even though it might be a burden on anyone trying to enter the faith. But the Quran has made it easy for anyone who desires to draw nearer to Islam. And He Allah will not judge you harshly or condemn you if you can't follow the traditional or ritualistic way of offering Salat.

15/05/2022

Still waiting.....

15/05/2022

are a and a MAN if you are carrying out an evil act and yet calling the name of Allah.*

Look at how they were shouting "Allahu Akbar" while taking the life of the girl. They have so polluted the word to the extent that it now sounds like a word associated with terrorism.

If Allah is indeed the greatest to you, why don't you leave the judgment to the one who is greater than you especially when it comes to a matter of faith of which you have no right to condemn such a person to death?

For God's sake, why are we trying so hard to destroy the image of Islam? What stupid peace are you preaching about or claim that your faith represents in the face of these mannerless and shameful mentality?

No, Your Islam is not peace. Your Islam is the manifestation of the works of the devil. It is the manifestation of the Antichrist. And its a proof that all your Salat that you offer 5 times a day are useless and has not made any change in your life. Your Ramadan fasting was also useless.

Is this how Muhammad was able to win the heart of those companions of his who were once his staunch enemies? Was this how he conquered the whole of Arabia in his life time?

Let me say this to you without fear or any remorse. The Allah you worship is the devil and the Muhammad you follow is a servant of the devil if you believe in the death punishment for blasphemy or even apostasy. You do not represent the Muhammad I know of in the glorious Quran nor do you have any association with the Allah of the Quran.

Surah 42:37 says;

"who avoid greater sins and shameful deeds, and whenever they are ANGRY, FORGIVE...."

Have we not also read about a woman who often insult and throw water on the body of Muhammad whenever he passes in front of her house? This woman hated Muhammad so much and wish he was dead. But did we read that Muhammad often attacked or even attacked her at all? Absolutely not. Instead, he would just walk away.

We read too that a day came when the woman was not standing outside to carry out her normal activities on Muhammad. And Muhammad wondered why she wasn't outside. And because he felt that something must have been wrong with her, he went into the woman's house to check if all was well with her.

This woman was surprised and broke down in tears because she couldn't believe how a man who she had abused could still come into her house to check on her. And that was how that woman became his follower.

When we say that Muhammad was a mercy to mankind, how are we proving that if at any slight provocation, we resort to violence?

The act of killing a soul because of blasphemy belongs to the Jews who still want to uphold the teachings in Leviticus 24:16 where it was written that those who blaspheme against the Lord should be put to death.

As Muslims, we now understand that all previous books before the Glorious Quran has been altered by the pen of the scribes to suit their own agendas. None of them was thoroughly preserved like the Quran. And so, we are directed to use the Quran to filter the truths we may find in the books that came before it.

What the Quran teaches as the truth, if it is spoken in any other book, we accept it. But what the Quran says about a matter and the previous books is against it, we denounce it and take it as a corruption introduced into those books. So if the Quran didn't advise to kill a soul in the name of blasphemy, any other book that supports such idea is a clear corruption introduced by the works of the devil and his servants.

And wait, is that girl not a Christian? Let's assume that blasphemy is punishable by death in Islam, but is there any generally accepted belief that a non muslim should be killed because he or she insulted Muhammad?

The founder of Hanifa school, Abu Hanifa said;

"If a dhimmi (non-Muslim) insults the Holy Prophet, he will not be killed as punishment."

Abu al-Husayn Ahmad al-Quduri:

‘Non-Muslims insult Allah and say that He has a son and the Zoroastrians say He has an “opposite.” This does NOT BREAK their COVENANT of SECURITY, therefore the same applies to INSULT of the PROPHET PBUH.’
[Al-Tajrid]"

While some of these guys would accept that a Muslim who blasphemes should be killed which again is not supported by the Quran and I also reject it, still they do not support the idea of killing a non muslim because he or she insulted Muhammad or Allah.

Sometimes I wonder, how can these miscreants among the northern Muslims that uphold the idea of death penalty to anyone who blasphemes claim to be Muslims too when the same Quran they claim to believe in has already rendered them as disbelievers?

If they had been reading the Quran and trying to understand it in the same way most of them pray 5 times a day, the spirit of ignorance would have been burnt out of them. But indeed, a very large number of them rarely care about Studying the Quran or abiding to it's teachings without trying to seek for what supports their misguided emotions or desires.

Thanks to Allah that I know Islam by myself and without the influence of any of you. So long I have a mind and head of my own, no one would lead me astray not even the master of them all, the devil and antichrist.

I am not perfect but I continue to strive to avoid major sins and seek for way to balance my deeds before my creator. And by so doing, nothing will make me ever support what the Quran didn't support or make an act compulsory when it hasn't been made so by the Quran. If I must adopt the act, it must be subject to REASON and not just a blind believe.

29/04/2022

Some Christains wonder why Muslims wake up in the early hours of a day to eat and then later proceed to fast. To most of them, it doesn't look like a fast. It's like you have already eaten in that new day. So what's the point of calling it a fast?

Many of them think this way because of the western timing or calendar that they follow. Western timing defines the beginning of a new day after Midnight. So once it's 12:01am, you are already in a new day. If you eat after this time, it is more or less having a breakfast.

They use this mentality as a standard to judge others. If you do not follow this, then you are on the wrong side. But are they themselves truly on the right side?

If the Bible is the book of directive for the Christains, then they are absolutely wrong to think that way. But if it is an issue of all men to his own belief or how he has chosen to perceive time, then I can't say that they are wrong. And by this same conclusion, they also do not have the right to condemn others that do not follow their time description.

Are the Jews not the owners of the Bible they claim to follow? Even if the Greeks took over and later the French and English men, still the scriptures originated from the Jews. The Characters of the Bible are Jews. So what is the belief of the Jews on the beginning of a new day? Do they also believe that it starts immediately after 12 midnight?

According to the Jewish traditions, a new day begins immediately after SUNSET and not midnight. Do they have something to hold as proof from the Bible? Maybe yes.

Genesis 1:5;

"....... And there was Evening and there was morning, THE FIRST DAY"

The Jews, judging by how they interpreted the above verse, believe that the evening was first created before the morning. So if the evening and morning is a new day, then the evening is the beginning of that new day since it was created first. So imagine a Christian who is fasting and then he eats around 8pm at night. What do you think the Jews would say? You are already eating at the beginning of a new day. So what kind of fasting is that?

This is what was written in the Bible the Christains follow. But unfortunately, many do not care about this because those who propagated the Religion to their forefathers down to them have already carved out all that they need to say, follow or do in the faith. When you let people think for you all the time, then they would surely take power from you all the time. Sometimes you have got to think for yourself so that you can sometimes be free.

Coming to the Muslim's perspective on the beginning of a new day, unlike the Christians who do not follow what was given to them in the Bible, the Muslims have tried to keep to the directive of the Quran.

There is a specific confusion in the Jews and Christains belief on the beginning of a new day that the Quran solved. To the Jews, the night that follows after sunset is a NEW DAY. So even if everywhere is terribly dark, it is still a new day. This is also true to that of the Christians. At Midnight, everywhere is still absolutely dark. But it does not matter. To them, it's the beginning of a NEW DAY.

What did the Quran say about this?

Surah 36:40;

"Neither does it lie in the sun's power to overtake the moon, NOR CAN THE NIGHT OUTSTRIP(OUTPACE) THE DAY. All GLIDE ALONG EACH IN ITS OWN ORBIT."

The verse above clearly reveals that the NIGHT and DAY are distinct from each other. None of them outrun each other or even swallows the other. They are on their own. Following this, the dark of the night can't be referred to as DAY no matter the time nor can the brightness of the day be referred to as night no matter the time. After sunset can't be referred to as the beginning of a new day nor can midnight be referred to as same. So when then can we say a new day has began?

Surah 97:5;

"The NIGHT is peace until the RISING OF THE DAWN."

The above verse reveals that the NIGHT of any day ends at the RISING OF THE DAWN.

Surah 2:187;

"......And eat and drink until the WHITE THREAD of dawn becomes distinct to you from the BLACK THREAD of night...."

The above verse clearly defines the rising of the dawn which is the beginning of a new day and which the Muslims must end all eating and drinking before the beginning of the new day.

Scientifically, there are 3 stages of dawn, i.e. the Atronomical dawn, the Nautical dawn and the Civil dawn. The Atronomical dawn can't really be distinguished from the night. Twilight is very faint at this point. But as for Nautical dawn, sunlight reflected by the atmosphere is sufficient to distinguish between night and breaking of a new day. So the Nautical dawn can better fit the description of Surah 2:187 if we follow what can easily be seen in the atmosphere. And the time for this is between 5:10 to 5:44am.

But majority of the Muslims follow the Astronomical dawn which is not easily seen with the bare eyes. This is truly the beginning or rising of dawn. And this time is between 4:33 to 5:10am. This makes some Muslims to stop eating either before 5am or few minutes after 5am.

The Muslims are trying to keep to the directive of their Quran. You should attempt to do so with your holy book if you claim to follow the Jewish scripture.