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Muhammad Salah and Sadio Mane to fast during Champions League Final
All of us know who Muhammad Salah is. He had been all over our news feed for past few weeks after he reaped the award for best Premier League player of the year in 2018. That’s what is got us talking. As per the tweet by their team, they have confirmed that the players will […] More
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Brazilian footballer Sergio Ricardo embraces Islam and performs Umrah in Ramadan
Days after announcing his conversion to Islam, Brazilian footballer Sergio Ricardo Neves was spotted in Makkah performing Umrah as reported by StepFeed. Ricardo, as he’s called in the region, is well-known for his career as a foreign footballer in Saudi Arabia. He’s played with many local teams such as Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli. Footage capturing him during his visit to […] More
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Buddhist monks serve Ramadan iftar at a Dhaka monastery and near a temple in Malaysia
As the clock strikes 6 p.m., Shudhhanondo Mohathero hurries to the kitchen to alert his army of 15 monks that they have less than 40 minutes until iftar. Soon, people will begin queuing outside the Dharmarajika Bouddha Bihar, a Buddhist monastery in Dhaka, where Mohathero hands out free food packs to fasting Muslims who are […] More
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At 2.30am, an Irish hotel lays a full breakfast buffet for the only Muslim guest fasting in Ramadan
A Dublin hotel has received some well deserved praise for a lovely gesture they made for a guest. The ibis hotel at Red Cow was approached by a Muslim customer who was fasting for Ramadan as reported by Dublin Live. The man requested a snack from the hotel before they began the Ramadan fast, and […] More
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Egypt President Morsi spending 7th Ramadan in jail
The family of Egypt’s first democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, on Sunday said he is seeing in the holy month of Ramadan while in solitary confinement as reported by MEMO. Morsi has been behind bars since his ousting in a bloody military coup in 2013, making this his seventh Ramadan behind bars. He is currently […] More
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“Uyghur Muslims under China’s draconian rule can neither fast nor pray during this Ramadan, 3 years in a row”, says Uyghur American Association
As Muslims worldwide began a month of abstaining from food or drink from dawn until sunset for Ramadan Monday, Uyghurs chafed under tough Chinese controls over observations of the annual Muslim holy month in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Activists and U.S. politicians meanwhile called for greater world attention to and condemnation of China’s […] More
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Saudi Arabia to send 70 imams to lead Taraweeh in 35 countries
Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, Abdullatif Al-Asheikh has approved the delegation of 70 imams to lead Taraweeh (after Isha) and Tahajud (late night) prayers in 35 countries of the world during the sacred month of Ramadan as reported by Saudi Gazette. It has been the custom of the ministry to send imams to […] More
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3,000 expats embrace Islam in five months this year in Oman
Nearly 3,000 expats embraced Islam in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs in Oman. An official at the ministry told the Times of Oman, “Since the beginning of January until today, approximately 3,000 people have converted to Islam. Many of the new converts are Europeans, […] More
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A Vietnamese woman embraced Islam because the concept of fasting appealed to her
Isn’t it amazing how different concepts in Islam appeal to different kinds of people. Some get moved by the concept of God in Islam being so simple to understand, some at the charity, others at the scientific miracles and then there’s those with the concept of Ramadan. Vietnamese Nur Alisha Nguyen Thi Phuong Lam decided […] More
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15 Short yet Powerful Tips for Ramadan’s Last 10 Nights
If you are reading this then first thank Allah that He has blessed you to be alive and well, ready to take the most of these best 10 nights of the year. Now, like with any major event, we all need to make sure we use our time as effectively as possible to make the […] More
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Do you know the logic behind the Hijri, the Islamic Calendar and it’s sweet connection to Ramadan?
There appears not to be a single website today that provides a simple and clear explanation as to what the real purpose of the Islamic calendar (Hijri) is; Why it is important to Muslims; how is it relevant; and how best to explain this to young children and teenagers, in order to help them develop […] More
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Singaporean Muslim restaurant’s owner saved for 3 years to take his 27 employees on Umrah in the last 10 days of Ramadan
What’s the best gift your boss has given you for your work? Gave you a month’s bonus? A nice watch? Well, a generous boss of an Indian Muslim restaurant Singapore Zam Zam saved for three years to take 27 of his staff to Makkah for their first Umrah, to repay them for their years with […] More
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