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Ramadan Mubarak! The holiest month in the Islamic calendar, which sees Muslims undertake a 30-day fast starts in May. When did Ramadan Start? Although Ramadan is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, its date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year. This year in the UK, Ramadan begins on the […]
Ramadan in 2018 will start on Wednesday, theย 16th of May(16/5/2018) and will continue for 30 days until Thursday, theย 14th of June. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon. Note that in the Muslim calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of […]
Society is so busy speaking for Muslim women, they never get a chance to speak for themselves, writes documentary filmmaker Mehreen Baig Some people will say you can’t be a strong woman because Islam is oppressive, others say you can,” the former English teacher tells Newsbeat. In a new BBC programme called Islam, Women And […]
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 […]
Millions of Muslims around the world are preparing forย Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and religious devotion. The festival falls in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, startingย in May and marks the start of a month of fasting and religious devotion. This year Ramadan will start on May 27 and will finish on June […]
