Recharged by Ramadan
My routine changes during Ramadan (May 5-June 4), the ninth month of the Islamic calendar: low on food and sleep, high on the Quran (religious text of Islam), salah (worship), and iman (belief in the six articles of faith).
My routine changes during Ramadan (May 5-June 4), the ninth month of the Islamic calendar: low on food and sleep, high on the Quran (religious text of Islam), salah (worship), and iman (belief in the six articles of faith).
Over the click-clack of the teak loom, Niphon’s family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away from a trade their
We waited till 6:24 p.m. before sitting down for dinner to break the 15-hour fast. It was the appointed time when my Muslim friends
In a restaurant where I am a regular customer, the waiter sets a salad bowl and kombucha drink in front of me. I tell him politely that it is for my guest, and that I am fasting in Ramadan month. The waiter, who usually takes my orders, is in awe of my discipline.
The Seventh Station (Jesus Falls the Second Time) is marked by two Franciscan chapels built on top of each other, with the lower chapel containing a large stone column from the Cardo Maximus, the main street during Byzantine Jerusalem, again a relic from the tortuous history of this most labyrinthine, byzantine of cities.
Continued from last week Because we made the entry to Jerusalem from St. Stephen’s Gate rather than Damascus or Jaffa Gates that are the favorites of tourists and pilgrims, we
Muslims worldwide are in the midst of Ramadan, the holy month of rigorous fasting, prayers and reconnecting with the Quran. In the Philippines, where Islam is the second largest religion, 60 percent of the Muslim population live in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Residents of the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah are slowly returning to its historic center, where a Ramadan cultural festival and UN heritage status are giving new life to the old quarter.
The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin Thursday in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and home to its holiest sites, the Royal Court said.
In celebration of the end of Ramadan, the Muslim feast, Muslim and Christian artists collaborated in an exhibit to showcase the beauty of Islamic art in Galerie Joaquin’s Eid’l Fitr International Arts Festival at The Podium mall Aug. 2-9.
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