China – Regional Officials Restrain Religious Practices During Ramadan
Islam-Unfriendly Administrative Edict The administrative authority in China’s Xinjiang (literary ‘new territory’) province has sought to restrict the religious activities of Muslims among its...
View ArticleUAE – Should Beggars Be Ignored During The Ramadan Month?
Giving To Beggars Is Discouraged In the midst of Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan that will end on this Saturday (August 18), the police and senior religious leaders in the United Arab Emirates...
View ArticleMalaysia – Ramadan Good Time To Quit Smoking
The Smoking Fatwa Ignored In 1995, a fatwa was issued proclaming smoking is haram for Muslims. Yet despite this fatwa, smoking continued among Muslims in Malaysia. And now, with Ramadan just round...
View ArticleIran – Clerics Differ On Whether Fasting Muslims Can Drink If Needed
Fatwas, Fasting And Ramadan Conflicting fatwas and opinions have been expressed by different Islamic authorities in Iran on whether Muslims should absolutely refrain from drinking during the fasting...
View ArticleMorocco – New Fatwa Allows Sexual Relationship During Ramadan Daylight Hours
“Sexual Fatwas” Ahmed Choukairi Dini, a member of the National Council for Justice and Development Party, recently issued a new fatwa permitting engaging in sexual relations during Ramadan daytime. He...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia – Non-Muslims Can Be Deported For Ramadan Violation
“We Can Deport Anyone” It is Ramadan once again, and now Saudi Arabia is warning non-Muslims that if they eat, drink or smoke during this holy month, they can be deported. The interior ministry issued...
View ArticleChina Orders No Fasting During Ramadan
“Not Permitted To Observe A Ramadan Fast” To Muslims everywhere, Ramadan is the holy month of fasting. But in China’s Xinjiang region (an autonomous region in North-Western China), the Chinese...
View ArticleUse And Misuse Of Cigarettes In Bahrain And Iran
Be Punished Or Becoming Instrument Of Punishment Smoking cigarettes is bad for health, so says health authorities everywhere. It is also haram to smoke cigarettes for Muslim, yet cigarettes have...
View ArticleUK – Muslim Checkout Worker Refused To Sell Customer Ham And Wine During Ramadan
Tesco Flip Flops Miss Cottle, 43, from Neasden, north-west London complained to the manager at Tesco that the checkout worker refused to sell her ham because it was the holy month of Ramadan and he was...
View ArticleUK – Vue Cinema Turned Away Non-Muslim Cinemagoers
For Celebrating End Of Islamic Festival Eid Only Cinemagoers were recently turned away by security staff at Vue Cinema because they were not Muslims. The excuse given was that the shows that day were...
View ArticleDebates On Fasting During Ramadan In Europe
Problems With Ramadan Ramadan, the month during which Muslims are obliged to fast from dawn to dusk, has started, yet there is still debate about the daily duration of fasting. People living in places...
View ArticleFatwas In Pakistan Allow Muslims To Break Their Fast During Ramadan Because...
Clerics Declare That Heatwave Can Be Reason For Breaking Fast Whilst Muslims in northern countries have been struggling with the fast for Ramadan because of the long daylight hours, those in the...
View ArticleIceland Has Two Time-tables For Ramadan Fasting
Torn By Fasting Time-tables Daylight hours in Iceland at this time of the year last about 22 hours, which is a very long stretch of fasting for Muslims who adhere to the practice of fasting from...
View ArticleIndonesia – Bid To Reduce Noise From Mosques
“War Of The Loudspeakers” With the holy month of Ramadan now in progress, mosques in Indonesia have become more active. But this only add to the noise level as neighboring mosques turn up the volume...
View ArticleChina – It’s Ramadan But Muslims Banned From Fasting In Muslim Xinjiang Region
No Fasting Again It has become a ritual of sort. Each year, during the holy month of Ramadan, China will inevitably ban its Muslim citizens in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from observing the...
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