Ramadan is a special time when dinner invitations abound. This article will focus on some customs related to such invitations and some tips on how to make these visits a positive and enjoyable experience.
Kuwait : A Kuwaiti religious scholar has urged Muslims to avoid watching Ramadan drama serials on television, to ensure their fast is not wasted.
Kuwait – Churches all over the county are celebrating the Ramadan feast, a practice that began decades ago.This year the churches in Kuwait held their feast under the title “Love, Peace and Tolerance among religions,” and invitations were sent out to MPs, ministers and public figures.
The changed working hours introduced in many state and private sector bodies since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan are viewed as a source of confusion by a number of personnel, while others view them as “manageable.”
A senior spokesman for a local charity organization said yesterday that he expects more people to convert to Islam during this year’s holy month of Ramadan than did so during the same period last year.
Muslims across the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan and abstaining from food and drinks from sunrise to sunset. It has been observed that many non-Muslims join their fellow peers by fasting and do so for various reasons. Some non-Muslims fast because they believe that fasting is healthy while some simply fast to go with the flow.
The Holy Month of Ramadan is upon us, and whether you are fasting or not, you will experience one thing during this month: Hunger!
Muslims have begun fasting for, what is considered the most holy of months of the year, Ramadan. Fasting is one of the tenets of Islam and is practised by millions around the world. Ramadan requires Muslims to abstain from food and other pleasures from sunrise till sunset.
Kuwait – The State of Kuwait announced Tuesday that Wednesday August 11 would mark the first day of Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan. The official authority assigned to officially announce the commencement of Ramadan said Tuesday would mark the last day of Sha’ban in the Hijra Calender.
The Mosques Sector of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has set up an emergency room to receive complaints and queries of worshipers and mosque-goers during the holy month of Ramadan.
The holy month of Ramadan, scheduled to start later this week, is encouraging people to readjust their sport schedules to suit their days of fasting. Fasting from sunrise to sunset places a heavy toll on the human body, especially when it is combined with high temperatures.
Kuwait – The Interior Ministry Saturday warned citizens and expatriates against eating of drinking in public during the fasting month of Ramadhan, due to commence in few days, because it would be illegal and contradicting with Islamic teachings.
Kuwait – The holy month of Ramadan will hit in accordance to astronomic calculations on August 11, said astrologist Adel Al-Saadoun on Saturday. Al-Saadoun told KUNA that the crescent for Ramadan would be forming on the August 10 Tuesday, at 6:01 a.m. making Wednesday the first day of the holy month in Kuwait.
Around 150 Muslims, mostly European converts to Islam, with their families are meeting in a farm turned to a camping site in southern Holland to listen to Muslim speakers from around the world.
Kuwait – The Holy Month of Ramadan is soon approaching. Many associations and committees are preparing activities and gatherings to observe this fasting month. It is a busy time for Islamic organizations in particular.
Kuwait – The Islam Presentation Committee (IPC) announced that it will launch next August a campaign on Islam which will be sponsored by Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation.
Kuwait – The Holy month of Ramadan is a very busy and active time of year for Islam Presentation Committee (IPC), which sees a great number of people converting to Islam, the IPC stated on Wednesday.
With Ramadan set to begin in less than a month, local citizens and residents have already begun their lengthy shopping preparations for the holy month, stocking up on food, drinks, sweets, presents and all the other items associated with the holy month. The country’s shops, co-ops and supermarkets are also busily preparing for the forthcoming holy month, with numerous special offers set to be unveiled for the duration of the annual event.
Kuwait – A Kuwaiti professor has called for integrating the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states into one country with Madinah in Saudi Arabia as its capital.”The GCC countries have problems ensuring the minimum of their national security and the best option for them is to unite into one state and select Madinah as its capital,” Abdullah Al Nafisi, 65, said.
Kuwait City – The inclusion of the Vatican in a state trip by the emir to Europe that began this week has left Kuwait’s Catholics praying for an announcement that will secure the future of their church and relieve overcrowding that they say is putting their congregations at risk.
Kuwait – A Kuwaiti lawmaker has called for the appointment of religious attachés in Kuwaiti embassies in non-Muslim countries.”The attaché should be appointed by the endowment and Islamic affairs ministry in the various Kuwaiti embassies,” MP Mohammad Al Hayef said.
It really sounds like some sort of a disease, “your husband is suffering from an advanced stage of ‘Austriantolerance’ madam, and there’s nothing we can do about that, we are very sorry!” – could be a sentence from a cheesy science fiction movie.
Kuwait – Chairman of the Higher Council for Implementation of Sharia Dr Khalid Al-Mathkour affirmed that the government and citizens are willing to implement the system, “and this motivates the committee to carry out its activities which were initiated by the late Amir HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,” reports Al-Seyassah daily.
Chennai, India: In order to create awareness and education about Islam, “Peace – Vision of Islam 2010,” a five day Islamic exhibition cum conference opened up here on January 13, 2010. The event is a regular feature in the city from last several years and coincides with the harvest festival ‘Pongal,’ when there is long and extended holidays. People of all faiths flock to this event and over 4 lakh visitors so far have benefited from the previous events.
DUBAI: The loss of business for Saudi Arabia’s Haj and Umrah industry due to swine flu could be more than 3 billion Saudi riyals this year, the highest compared to the last 50 years. The Tourism Committee of the Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) fears the negative trend is likely to continue for the next three years at least.
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