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The new moon signals the beginning of the month of Muharram. The Hijri New Year is the name given to the first day of the month. Muharram marks the anniversary of the battle of Karbala, when the grandson of Muhammad (P.B.U.H), Imam Hussein ibn Ali, was killed, and is widely commemorated by the Shia Muslim […]
Kensington Palace has confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child. “Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their third child,” the palace announced in a statement Monday morning. “The Queen and members of both families are delighted […]
Millions of Pilgrims in white Ihram’s (robes), spent the night in an encampment around the mount where Islam believes that Allah (S.A.W) tested Abraham’s faith, by commanding him to sacrifice his son Ismail and where the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) gave his last sermon. Other worshippers who had been praying in the nearby Mina area ascended […]
Food, family, health, prayers, laughter and togetherness….what more can you ask for this Eid! Millions of Muslims are about to celebrate Eid as they take part in the “festival of the sacrifice”. What does Eid Mubarak mean? Eid Mubarak is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for the holy festivals of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. […]
The day of Arafat is the holiest day in the Islamic calendar. It falls on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the lunar Islamic calendar. It coincides with the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and is on the the day before the beginning of Eid ul-Adha, a […]
According to legend, Lahore was once named Lavapura, after a mythological Hindu figure from the Ramayana. A vacant temple dedicated to this figure is contained inside the Lahrore Fort. Prior to the partition in India in 1947, a third of Lahore’s population was Hindu and Sikh. Lahore’s Hindus used to reside in ‘distinct enclaves’. The city’s Hindu […]
