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The wait is over! Muslims – for a long time now – have had to lay aside their hopes of travelling to two of Islamβs holiest sites. Since the pandemic began, Hajj and Umrah activities were suspended for foreign visitors with only vaccinated Saudi citizens being permitted. Itβs reported that only 60,000 people were permitted […]
Since the great migration (hijra) from Makkah to MadΔ«nah, Muslims have been using the Islamic (hijri) calendar as the standard measure of time. The creation of the Islamic calendar was a great feat. It took a culture and transformed it into a civilisation. The calendar plays an important role in dictating dates for major acts […]
Maulana Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Ibrahim Mogra have joined forces with faith leaders across the UK to highlight the importance of celebrating our commonwealth links. They join The Archbishop of Canterbury, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth and President of the Hindu Forum, in supporting Commonwealth Big Lunches – […]
SONNY Bill Williams (32) is making the most of his off-season, travelling to Mekkah as part of an Islamic pilgrimage. Ahead of the Super Rugby season β which gets underway in late February 2018β the dual international has spent the past week in Saudi Arabia. The place of worship, in the city Medina, is one […]
The day of Ashura is marked by Muslims as a whole, but for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h). It falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (Friday 29th September – Saturday […]
MASSIVE ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL OF PIR ALAUDDIN SIDDIQUI. Islamic scholar and spiritual leader Pir Alauddin Siddiqui Nashbandi passed away in the UK this week on Friday. BornΒ in Kashmir on 1st January 1936. He was known for establishing Mosques in London, Birmingham, Peterborough and various other cities in the country, besides launching a tv station called […]
