Scholars and community leaders emphasize the importance of observing the obligatory acts of worship and warn against behaviour that diminishes the spiritual benefits of the holy month.

Ramadan is often described as a month of worship, gratitude, and community. But at the level of human psychology, it is also something very concrete: a st ...

Nashwa Farouk explores how Ramadan in Alexandria is observed through a tapestry of religious ceremonies, handicrafts, and ...

The Founder and Grand-Sheikh, Caring and Sharing Sufi Centre ( Muslims in light organisation), Dr Rasheed Akinbile, has felicitated muslims in Oyo State, Nigeria, and across the globe on the ...

As the holiest month in Islam, Ramadan is a time when Allah commands Muslims to fast, abstaining from food and water during daylight hours. The month aims to increase Taqwa (God-consciousness) through ...

As the sun began to set on a dark and drizzly February evening in Manhattan, hundreds of Muslims from across New York City gathered under the bright lights of Times Square for iftar and taraweeh ...

Hussein Soliman spins for three hours without faltering. In his rotation, the separation between self and divine collapses, and a century-old lineage returns to Cairo.

With the arrival of Ramadan, Israel has barred more than 250 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, turning a season of devotion into one of separation ...

Hajjah Saada Badreddine is puzzling. She doesn’t hail from the world of philosophy or the world of knowledge and thinkers.

THIRTY-four years ago – in 1992 – I arrived in Aleppo, Syria, in early March. I was a geography student studying in southern Germany and, finding that I had a significant holiday between semesters, ...

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