Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, 1304. From a statement in his celebrated travel book the Rihla (“legal affairs are my ancestral profession”) he evidently came from an ...

The Trump administration has detained Khalil since March for his activism. Ahead of his first Father’s Day, he writes about ...

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has instructed mosques across Mecca to shorten the interval between the call to prayer (adhan) and the second call (iqamah) during the Hajj season, in a move aimed at improving ...

The UAE has announced a four-day public holiday from June 5 to June 8, 2025, to mark the important Islamic occasions of ...

Naturally, as a long-time observer of diaspora dynamics—and having served as Press Attaché in Kuala Lumpur and Press Minister ...

Tucked between modest wooden homes and open fields, the maahad, which has evolved from a wooden hut to a three-block compound ...

The Adhan is delivered five times a day to invite Muslims to perform obligatory prayers. It is common to hear the call to prayer in public in countries with significant Muslim populations.

The UAE has announced a four-day public holiday from June 5 to June 8, 2025, to mark the important Islamic occasions of Arafat Day and Eid Al Adha. These dates will see both government and private ...

When the Muslim cleric delivers the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, the doors remain closed, and the Jewish worshippers are held inside until the call for prayer concludes. Israeli Jews are not ...

On Oct. 7, 2023, as I scrolled through my phone, I was struck by horrifying footage: Hamas terrorists descending upon Israel, seizing hostages, setting homes ablaze in a rampage, dragging lifeless ...