Ramadan

by: Usama Bastawy For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan is a time when people fast between dawn and sunset, perform more prayers, read more Qur’an, give more sadaqah (voluntary charity), and worship more than at any other time durin...

by: Usama Bastawy For Muslims around the world, th...

Hadeel Al-Tak is the head of Islamic Relief’s Gender and Family department in Iraq. In this, the first of our Ramadan diaries from around the globe, she explains what the holy month is like in one of the world’s most dangerous cities. “With the dawn ...

Hadeel Al-Tak is the head of Islamic Relief’s Gend...

Indian people prepare themselves for Ramadan on the last day of Sha?aban, when the fatwa committee there go for sighting the crescent of Ramadn after Sunset Prayer. On announcing the following day to be the first day of Ramadan, people begin to phone...

Indian people prepare themselves for Ramadan on th...

Qur’anic Recitations, Taraweeh, Sweets and More With the approach of Ramadan, Local Imams in China begin informing people about the teachings of the Qur’an and the Prophetic Sunnah especially those teachings related to fasting and its morals. During ...

Qur’anic Recitations, Taraweeh, Sweets and More Wi...

by: Driton Morina Ramadan and Eid traditions vary across the different regions of Kosova. Although part of communist former Yugoslavia for half a century, Kosovans have remained connected to their religious practices, especially fasting. Until recent...

by: Driton Morina Ramadan and Eid traditions vary ...

In the desert amid the rising mercury, a warm breeze the sacred days of Ramadan is drawing near, promising the days of self control, realization and sacrifice to cleanse ones body and soul. The holy month of Ramadan this year (2008) will start on Mon...

In the desert amid the rising mercury, a warm bree...

"We often struggle to find food when my sons can't get work" Fareda Al-Rahman is a mother-of-nine who lives in Omdurman, Sudan. “During this holy month, we spend our days fasting, praying and asking Allah to improve our situation. We have to spend a ...

"We often struggle to find food when my sons can't...

Ramadan is a holy month observed by Muslims which involves a number of lifestyle changes. The aim is to bring oneself closer to God through behaviour. Qatar is just 1 of the 50 countries where Islam is the religion of the majority. Here, the Muslim f...

Ramadan is a holy month observed by Muslims which ...

by: Shazia Bashir Moonwatching The excitement starts when people first catch sight of the Ramadan moon. There is a hustle and bustle in the streets deep into the night as people start preparing for the month of fasting by stocking up on essentials. T...

by: Shazia Bashir Moonwatching The excitement star...

Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, involves abstaining from food, drink, sexual relations, smoking and other vices between sunrise and sunset. Its conclusion is marked by Eid Al-Fitr, one of the two major Islamic holidays. Although the focus of R...

Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, involves ab...

images/stories/04/07/a.jpgEach year people in Gambia observe the holy month of Ramadan (the fasting month) and is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year and is the fourth pillar of Islam. It has double significance as this is the month that the Hol...

images/stories/04/07/a.jpgEach year people in Gamb...

For those of you not familiar with Brunei, it is a tiny Islamic sultanate in the middle of the northern coast of Borneo. Basically, a sultanate is ruled by a sultan, a sort of Islamic king. The country is surrounded by Malaysia, in fact split into tw...

For those of you not familiar with Brunei, it is a...

We have almost reached halfway through the Holy Month of Ramadan here in Oman. However, it doesn’t feel like a fortnight of fasting when you look back, it feels that this month is passing us by a little too quickly. Although, we all are excited about...

We have almost reached halfway through the Holy Mo...

by: Madiha Samsuddin Ramadan is a month that all Muslims in Malaysia look forward to. Every year we wait in front of the television for the announcement of when the month begins. Once confirmed, everyone is happy and we get ready to go to the mosque ...

by: Madiha Samsuddin Ramadan is a month that all M...

Ramadan and Eid traditions vary across the different regions of Albania. During 50 years of strict communism all religious practices such as the prayer, were banned and almost disappeared. Nobody knew if you were fasting or not and so the fast was th...

Ramadan and Eid traditions vary across the differe...

Mauritanians: Praying and Drinking Green Tea At the beginning of Ramadan, Mauritanians especially the youth hasten to perform regular prayers at their appointed times in Mosques. It is worth stressing here that Mauritanians start celebrating the mont...

Mauritanians: Praying and Drinking Green Tea At th...

Fasting in the Desert Prayer of Religion Column by Isa Ebrihim As I write this, in Qatar, as in the rest of the world, we are entering Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month. Ramadan is the month when Muslims remember the time when the Prophet received ...

Fasting in the Desert Prayer of Religion Column b...

by: Zabi Rashidi The Holy Ramzaan [the holy ramadan] Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 to 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking and is intended to...

by: Zabi Rashidi The Holy Ramzaan [the holy ramada...

Preparation time 1hr. | Serves 10 persons This vegetable samose recipe originated from Asian cuisine. In snacks, samosas are mostly prepared in India and Pakistan and it is also a very healthy snack for kids. Samosas are cooked and wrapped in variety...

Preparation time 1hr. | Serves 10 persons This veg...

Preparation time (approx) : 90 mins | Serves 8-10 persons This fruit delight is a complete dessert full of nutrition and very common in Pakistani Cuisine ( with the name lab-e-Shirin ). Any fruit can be used in this recipe for instance banana, apple...

Preparation time (approx) : 90 mins | Serves 8-10 ...

Preparation time (approx) : 30 mins | Serves 4 persons This is is one of the most popular and common salty snacks prepared in Pakistan and India. It has very few ingredients and to make perfectly, the dough must be properly kneaded. To prepare this e...

Preparation time (approx) : 30 mins | Serves 4 per...