URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Friday evening began another Ramadan. It’s when people around the world begin fasting for one month and focus on strengthening their faith. This belief is designed for Muslims ...

1. Why is Ramadan called Ramadan? Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and it lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending on when the new crescent moon is, or should be, visible. The ...

Growing up, I remember Ramadan as a time of festivities, sharing greetings, good food, going to the nightly prayers, staying up late, to be simply surrounded by an aura of serenity that felt like ...

This year the Month of Ramadan started on May 5 and ends on June 4, God Willing with the sighting of the newly crescent moon. The Islamic calendar follows a lunar cycle rather than the solar calendar, ...

Director of Muhammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilisation at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Dr. Aisha Yusuf Al Mannai stressed that the holy month of Ramadan is ...

When I was growing up in India, my father’s Muslim friends would get me new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, a festival that celebrates the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, just as they would for their ...

Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, is considered the holiest time in the Islamic year. Ramadan is the month in which the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims believe ...

The director of the Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Centre for Muslim Contribution to Civilisation at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Dr Aisha Yusuf al-Mannai, has stressed that the holy month of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Muslims worldwide will begin Ramadan at sundown with fasting, praying, reflecting, and gathering with the community. Islam is the third-largest religion in the country. About ...