Mon 04 May 2020: With unorthodox military strategies and intellectual mind, conqueror built empire, changed course of history Among the billions of people who have walked the earth since the dawn of humanity, only a few are rightfully remembered for their exceptional skills and impact on history, and among these is Mehmet II, the Ottoman […]
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Madinah Masjid, located on Danforth Avenue east of Donland Avenue. Sun 03 May 2020: Ramadan is looking a lot different for Muslims across the globe due to physical distancing restrictions placed upon the holy month by the COVID-19 pandemic. And things are no different for the nearly half a million people who follow Islam in Toronto. […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: English club Arsenal’s star Mesut Ozil has donated 713,000 Turkish liras ($101,000) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The money will be used to provide iftar – the evening meal to break the daily fast during the month – to 16,000 […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: Diriliş: Ertuğrul, the wildly popular Turkish historical-drama series, is set in 13th century Anatolia, at the eve of the founding of the Ottoman Empire. The series has a huge following outside of Turkey too, inspiring numerous Facebook fan groups and memes (including a FB page dedicated to them) and no shortage of jokes based on the […]
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Wed 29 April 2020: “In 2019, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing assault,” the report said. (AFP) A US government panel on Tuesday called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a “drastic” downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering an sharp […]
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Tue 28 April 2020: Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, the president of the General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, on Monday joined workers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah as they washed and sterilized the Kaaba and Maqam Ibrahim before the call to night prayer. “Ozone technology” is based on the idea of producing ozone by using […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: Mosques are closed and lockdowns are in place, but this Ramadan may have some unexpected health benefits. This year, the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will be like no other; it will occur in the middle of a global pandemic. Ramadan, which began on the evening of April 23, will see […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: The call to prayer will be broadcast five times a day throughout the month of Ramadan, which began Thursday evening. The Minneapolis Cedar-Riverside adhan is believed to be the first publicly broadcast call to prayer in a major US city. From loudspeakers on the roof of a Minnesota mosque, the Islamic […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: A Saudi sheikh held back tears on Thursday as he began this year’s Ramadan nightly Taraweeh prayers in the Great Mosque of Mecca, which was emptied of worshippers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sheikh Saud al Shuraim recited an emotional start to this year’s Taraweeh prayers, videos shared on social media show.He can be heard making an emotional recitation […]
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Fri 24 April 2020: Ibn al Jazzar, a 10th-century Muslim polymath, was the first to diagnose leprosy, explaining the disease in scientific terms and measures to contain it. Common knowledge says that Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen was the first to identify leprosy’s main cause in 1973, but it was Al Jazzar who identified the disease in […]
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