The Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books
Burke Arabic MS 1, unsigned and undated (Iraq or Iran, before 1300 CE) The following is a nicely done website about a Quran exhibition held at the Burke Theological Library of Columbia University in...
View ArticleMore Emirates flights to Saudi Arabia
Emirates will use 73 additional flights to Saudi Arabia during Ramadan, it was announced Wednesday. Go to Source
View ArticleAbu Dhabi sends five tonnes of dates to Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi has sent nearly five tonnes Khinaizi and Naghal dates to Jeddah and will also export dates to London for Muslims living there on the occasion of holy month of Ramadan. The dates season is …...
View ArticleUAE launches food safety campaign for Ramadan
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) has announced the launch of a major food safety awareness campaign for the month of Ramadan. The drive is aimed at drawing consumer attention to these … Go to...
View ArticleThe Arab bloody season
We may have just entered a full-fledged Arab Bloody Season: that will spread from Syria to Lebanon and beyond. Brace yourselves for a tough Ramadan. Go to Source
View ArticleRamadan Karim
Tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan, AH 1433, which means the fast begins at sundown tonight. Ramadan blessings and greetings to all my Muslim readers. As in previous years, I will post on various...
View ArticleMideast nations declare Friday start of Ramadan
Religious authorities in most Middle Eastern countries declared that Friday will be the start of the holy month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. Go to Source
View ArticleRamadan begins in UAE
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Friday in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE Ramadan Moon-sighting Committee announced. July 19 was the last day of the month of Sha’ban. The committee led by …...
View ArticleRamadan Greetings in Tamazight, in Tifinagh Script
Having posted a Ramadan greeting with a graphic in Arabic yesterday, and given our frequent postings over the past year and a half about the revival of Amazigh (“Berber”) consciousness and the...
View ArticleDamascus today:
From Angry Arab chief correspondent in Syria, Akram:“Damascus is recovering? Today (Saturday July 21st), the Syrian capital, Damascus lived an uneasy calm after eight days of fierce fighting that took...
View ArticleRamadan 2012 apps
techinasia.com, Muslim Pro App for iPhone Updates, Wants to Be Your Ramadhan Helper "Muslim Pro is one of the many Muslim-themed apps we’ve seen recently. There are also other apps and services...
View ArticleSyria’s Two Ramadans: Regime Starts a Day Later Than Opposition
Syria’s opposition rebels, like most Sunni Muslims in the Arab world, took their moon sighting from Saudi Arabia and started Ramadan last Friday. The Asad regime, however, and the official state...
View ArticleUncle Ramadan is back
Traditional Ramadan Lanterns displayed on Egyptian streets by Karim Adel, Open Democracy, 23 July 2012 It’s safe to say Uncle Ramadan is not going to sleep while he’s with us this year… Uncle Ramadan...
View ArticleThe Olympics and the Muslims
The Olympic Games are rooted in an ancient Greek custom, but they were revived in the 1890s very much in the framework of the emergence of a world of nation-states. Athletes are envisioned as...
View ArticleUAE charity group holds iftar in 19 countries
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment has carried out Ramadan iftar programmes for the poor in 19 countries, including India and Pakistan, to provide families with …...
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