Ramadan
Sep 24 2010, Incognito

Since when should Christians have to follow Muslim religious traditions and vice versa? No-one forces Muslims to partake in Christian or Jewish holidays in non-Muslim majority countries, so why should Christians be forced to participate in Muslim...

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Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
The holy month of fasting, Ramadan, is over and here Eid has arrived with all its fun, enjoyment bringing happiness and joy to the faces of Afghan Muslims. Like most...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Propaganda as a gripping thriller. Ramadan - a month long Islamic fasting holiday - has been increasingly marked in the Arab world with special serials. This was...
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Nita, Kampala
Wearing white to symbolize purity, worshippers throughout this African capital gathered to pray on one of the final nights of Ramadan. To purify the soul and purge sin,...
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Maen, Damascus
As Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, many restaurants across the Arab world boost their meat orders by...
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Ahmed, Cairo
A television series being broadcast throughout the Muslim month of Ramadan has drawn the ire of Egypt’s Islamist opposition, who view it as additional pressure...
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John, New York
President Obama showed his understanding of the Constitution, and his respect for the American people, last week when he defended the right of a Muslim community group...
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Alyasin, Nairobi
With the start of Ramadan - the Islamic holy month characterized by fasting - residents of Mogadishu are facing a difficult economic situation as well as the prospect...
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Unaiza, Islamabad
US Muslim groups have urged law enforcement agencies to be on guard during Eid al-Fitr, the end-of-Ramadan holiday which this year coinc
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View Point, Shimla
While opponents have protested against the construction of an Islamic cultural centre and mosque several hundred feet away from the site of the Twin Towers, the US...
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Gaurav, Banglore
The fasting month of Ramadan looks set to be one of curfews, protests and hardship for Muslims in Indian Kashmir, which is experiencing a wave of popular unrest...
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Incognito, Atlanta
Here’s one fatwa out of the United Arab Emirates that I can actually commend. There aren’t too many that I agree with, but at least in this case they are...
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Since Morocco is a Muslim country, breaking the rules of fasting is against the law and the punishment can be one to six months in prison and fines at almost 100...
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Oulmidi, Rabat
A Moroccan man campaigning to change the law banning eating in public during the Muslim Ramadan fast says he has received 100 death threats this week.
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Umar, Islamabad
At least 18 women and girls waiting to get free flour in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi died when the crowd around them swelled and a stampede occurred,...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Tis’ the season of Ramadan. The ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims are obliged, as part of the Five Pillars, to fast from dawn to...
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Sarah, Cairo
According to some local newspapers, and now an increasing number of independent news and blog sites, Egyptian police has to-date arrested 155 non-fasters, who were...
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Sarah, Cairo
I’m gonna come right out and say it. I hate ramadan. I hate how people drive like maniacs just because they’re fasting. I hate how I’m given weird...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Prior to his swearing in, then President-elect Barack Obama made it clear that he considered a more harmonious relationship between the United States and the Muslim...
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Sohail Parwaz, Lahore
Childhood is that precious part of one’s life that dominates the rest of one’s years. If ever anyone, bit by bit and little by little while heading towards old age,...
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Oscar, Oaxaca
For the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims have long indulged in nights of earthly pleasures after daylong fasts. But as the 2008 holiday draws to a close in Europe,...
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Grace Calderon, Quezon City
Preachers in the mandatory open field congregational prayers in many parts of Central Mindanao called for sectors in the region to help work out the resumption of what...
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Marissa, Birmingham
Many European cities are already one-quarter Muslim: just take Amsterdam, Marseille and Malmo in Sweden. In many cities the majority of the under-18 population is...
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Sanwali, Shimla
Four bombs killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of...
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Sri Lankan Muslim food vendors wait for customers, during the holy month of Ramadan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Muslims will celebrate Eid-al Fitr depending on the appearance of moon, marking the end of Ramadan.