Ramadan
Coronavirus 'takes flavour out of Ramadan' in North Africa
The faithful refrain from consuming food and water during the day, breaking their fast at dusk with family and friends for a meal known as iftar, and often...
Two Islamic scholars and the As-Saadiqeen Islamic Centre want the president to open the places of worship when regulations are eased from Friday.
In the next few days, Muslims will go on a month of fasting, but they won't be able to participate in iftar and prayers as usual.
Across the Muslim world the pandemic has generated new levels of anxiety ahead of the holy fasting month, which begins on around Thursday.
Egypt last month ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers to help prevent transmission of the coronavirus.
In total, the sentences of 691 prisoners were either commuted or deferred as decided by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a gesture for the Eid al-Fitr holidays.
What started between three friends using two small pots in 1984 has turned into what’s now become a mass cooking event where 300 volunteers join hands to cook food for thousands of people all over the Western Cape.
Barbara Creecy said if the iftar dinner could be replicated across the country, it would bring about peace and solidarity among South Africans.
The migration takes a toll on Indonesia's roads and travellers who pack their families and luggage into cars or motorbikes to face gruelling trips that can last up to 24 hours.
As in other Muslim countries, the annual month of dawn-to-dusk fasting is a time for evening gatherings in restaurants, coffee shops or homes of family and friends across Iraq.
About 80 people, mostly Islamic school students, gathered near the town of Bentong to observe Nuzul Quran, when Muslims believe the beginnings of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed.
Congregants of a District Six mosque have described a complaint over its daily call to prayer as absurd and ridiculous.
Fighters packed in trucks with gunmen on motorbikes stormed into the village of Molai just before sunset on Tuesday, when villagers were preparing to pray and break their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
At Gaza City’s largest hospital, Shifa, relatives of the 21 Palestinians killed on Sunday - including 12 civilians - arrived to collect bodies for burial and prayers.
Sri Lankan security forces also said they were maintaining a high level of alert amid intelligence reports that the militants were likely to strike before the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
Voting takes place on 8 May and the holy month of Ramadan starts around the same time.
The expanded 24-team tournament will now kick-off on 21 June and run through to the final on 19 July.
Haji Mohamed Dawjee asks how Muslims of South Africa are feeding their souls.
Two worshippers were stabbed to death and two others were wounded during the attack on Thursday morning. The Hawks have taken over the investigation.