June, 2015

• 23 June

  Tips for a happy kitchen in Ramadan

  

  Every day in Ramadan is a challenge for Muslim wives, those who get occupied with how to prepare their kitchens, so cooking Iftar becomes an easy mission for them. However, it is somehow tricky for some women to keep high spirituality and Ibadah on track while committing to a non-stop full time job as housewives and mothers, taking care of …

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• 23 June

  Ten Foods to Stay Nourished This Ramadan (Part 1)

  

  If you are doing Ramadan right, your intake of food will be reduced, but that doesn’t mean you need to be malnourished. I’ll be sharing ten nutrient-dense foods and herbs that will help deliver the nutrients and support your body needs. These super foods will help reduce the discomforts of Ramadan fasting and help you adapt, keeping your immune and …

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• 22 June

  RAMADAN ETIQUETTE GUIDE

  

  Around the world, Muslims observe Ramadan beginning with the sighting of the new crescent moon. The customs of the Islamic holy month are familiar to its faithful, but what do non-Muslims need to know about the month of fasting? Take a look back at a favorite post from AltMuslimah.com  editors, Asma Uddin and Shazia Kamal Farook. In the next few …

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• 21 June

  Syrians Spend 5th Ramadan On Foreign Soil

  

  SANLIURFA – Spending their fifth Ramadan on foreign soil, thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan with a bittersweet joy as their country still plunges into turmoil. “At our previous iftar dinners in Syria, we were getting together with my all family members around a table and breaking our fast together,” Syrian refugee, …

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• 20 June

  Burmese Buddhist Boy, Sri Lankan Buddhist Boy & Slow Genocide Of Rohingya :- By Mass L. Usuf

  

  Slow Genocide Of The Rohingya People of Myanmar (Burma) When The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof asked a Buddhist boy of around 12 years old, “what would you do if you meet a Rohingya Muslim boy?”. He nonchalantly replied, “I will kill him”. (NYT, The-21st-century-concentration-camp video). Curious about this, I asked a Sri Lankan Buddhist boy (Kavinda), …

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• 20 June

  Tips During Ramadan

  

  This photo post based on advice from Dr. Farouk Haffejee of the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (Durban) provides useful advice on how to avoid some common problems encountered in Ramadan. If followed, it would enable one to fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefits of Ramadan.  All photos have been created by Afrah Awan and are a …

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• 19 June

  Ramadan Challenge: 30-Day Self Improvement Ideas

  

  Ramadan is a month-long race towards righteousness. As Allah SWT says: “O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.” 1 It is a period of mindfulness, doing good and shunning sins. It is also a month of self-reflection, self-purification and self-discipline. Despite these opportunities, fasting …

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