Islam is one of the fastest-growing religions in the world, with over 1.9 billion followers globally. People from various ...

Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to fulfil a mandatory religious duty as a ...

The Quran was revealed in Arabic and it comprises: 30 sections, 114 chapters, 6,236 verses and 77,432 words. It mentions ...

Advertisement Mecca and Medina, considered the two holiest sites in Islam, are located in Saudi Arabia. In the United States, fasting begins Saturday night, including 5:48 p.m. in New York City.

Muslims regard the site as the third holiest in Islam, after Mecca and Medina. Al-Aqsa is the name given to the whole compound and is home to two Muslim holy places: the Dome of the Rock and the ...

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan, commemorating the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad, will begin Friday ...

On Friday, February 28, worshippers gathered at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to perform the ...

According to the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, the five pillars are the primary obligations a Muslim must fulfill in his or her ...

Throughout the month, observing Muslims fast from just before the sunrise prayer ... the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca if physically and financially capable. In many Muslim-majority countries, working ...

Lakemba's famous Ramadan food markets began as a haven set up by and for the Muslim community two decades ago. Now a cultural ...