BIRMINGHAM, England/LONDON (AA) – Scotland’s newly elected First Minister Humza Yousaf shared a photo Tuesday while leading his family in prayer on his first night at the official residence, Bute House. “A special moment leading my family in prayer in Bute House as is customary after breaking fast together,” he said on Twitte...
Om Eshr, Sudan (AFP): As generations of Sudanese have done before her, Wissal Abdel Ghany crouched next to a fire to prepare a traditional drink, a thirst-quenching favourite enjoyed during the fasting month of Ramadan. In Sudan, the arduously made “helo-murr”, which means “bittersweet”, is a drink synonymous with the I...
Tripoli, Libya (AFP): The blast of a cannon booms across Tripoli, but it doesn’t signal another round of fighting in the Libyan capital — rather, the revival of a long-lost Ramadan tradition. Officers in berets rolled out a red carpet on the iconic Martyrs’ Square on March 23 for the 600-year-old weapon, setting off a [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday marked the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, wishing Muslims worldwide “Ramadan Kareem.” “Today, Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world as they begin the Islamic holy month of [&...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia, home of the holiest shrines in Islam, has announced that the fasting month of Ramadan will start on Thursday. The kingdom’s supreme court ruled on Tuesday evening that the Islamic calendar month of Shaban, which precedes Ramadan, ends on Wednesday, meaning Ramadan will begin the following day, th...
WARSAW (AA) – Mizar, a Muslim cemetery, is less than a kilometer outside the small village of Bohoniki in northeastern Poland. You pass the last houses, turn left along a track lined with trees. Behind a wall, between the trees, tombstones with crescent-shaped monuments begin. The village is located 9 kilometers in a straight line [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece’s use of Ottoman-era mosques for purposes other than Islamic worship is a violation of fundamental human rights, say experts. Evaluating the current status of historic mosques in Greece, Sabri Can Sannav from the History Department at Trakya University shared that the Mecidiye Mosque was converted into the By...
ANKARA (AA) – English Premier League club Chelsea will host a first-ever fast-breaking or iftar meal at their home stadium Stamford Bridge on March 26, a few days after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts. “On Sunday 26 March, Chelsea Foundation will host an Open Iftar at the side of the pitch at Stamford […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a far-right politician in Sweden for desecrating the Quran, calling on Stockholm to take action and prevent such provocative acts in the future. “No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable [sic] act of desecration o...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – A Sharia court in northern Nigeria’s Kano state sentenced an Islamic cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy on Thursday. The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, delivered the verdict against Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara in a court session that lasted over three hours amid tight security. Kabara was arraigned o...
