Hajj Pilgrims Add H1N1 Vaccine to Ritual...
November 23, 2009 Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to their preparations for the ritual – getting the H1N1 vaccine. Getting ready Soad, a well-educated women in her 50s from Cairo, has made the Hajj several times before. As usual getting ready for the trip, one of the five pillars of Islam, involved arranging visas, finding a travel agency and packing special clothes. But this year there was an added task, a trip to the doctor to get vaccinated against the so-called Swine Flu. The idea of millions of people from all over the world...
Christian Doctors Run Hospital for Muslim Patients in Egypt...
April 06, 2009 Cairo Tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt often make headlines, but the work of a group of Christian doctors paints a more upbeat picture of religious coexistence. The doctors run a hospital for mostly Muslim patients in Egypt’s heartland – the Egyptian Delta town of Menhouf. The afternoon call to prayer sounds in the predominantly Muslim Egyptian Delta town of Menhouf as doctors examine patients at the Harpur Memorial Hospital run by the Anglican diocese of North Africa. Unlike most hospitals in Egypt, Harpur receives no money from the government and its mostly Christian staff of doctors donate their time to care for the hospital’s primarily Muslim clientele. It is a labor of love,...
Ramadan Inspires Local Clothing Drive
Posted: Sep 28, 2008 4:21 PM EDT By Elise Roberts – bio | email BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – This month the Muslim community is marking the holy month of Ramadan. It is the 9th month on the Islamic calendar. It is also a special time of prayer, fasting and service. Muslims in South Mississippi are wrapping up the month of Ramadan with its annual clothing giveaway. Sunday, the Biloxi Islamic Center was draped in clothing. From suits to sandals, there was something for everyone. “We started off small. We didn’t get a lot of publicity, so we didn’t get a lot of people to come out and participate. But each year the crowd is getting bigger and bigger,”...
Muslims Emphasize Charity During Ramadan...
Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 6:57 p.m. CDT; updated 7:05 p.m. CDT, Sunday, August 31, 2008 BY KATIE ROOKSTOOL COLUMBIA — Monday evening, many people will see just another crescent moon. To the Muslim community worldwide, it marks the beginning of Ramadan, the most significant month of the year. According to the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is the month the Quran was revealed and is now one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. Common practices during Ramadan include fasting, intensified prayer and communal readings of the Quran. An important component of the spiritual reflection during Ramadan is charity, and Muslims in Columbia have joined hands to demonstrate their generosity toward those less fortunate. “Charity is one of...
Muslims mark Eid with food drive for poor...
Published On Sun Oct 14 2007 Dale Anne Freed Imran Yousuf had good reason to feel buoyed by the celebrations of plenty that marked the end of the 30-day holy month of Ramadan at the Rogers Centre yesterday. Yousuf, 30, was one of more than 10,000 faithful Muslims who came to the stadium to pray and celebrate Eid. He is also the force behind a Muslim food drive for Toronto’s poor held at the end of every Ramadan for the last six years. The first year the Ramadan food drive raised more than 20 kilos of non-perishable items. This year he estimates they raised close to 180 kilos, he said as the faithful on the football field looked...
Milwaukee Muslim Women Focus on Community Service...
October 01, 2007 Milwaukee, WI A dozen years ago, several Muslim women in Milwaukee decided to become more involved in their community. Today, this small group has evolved into an active organization called Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. Group members focus on public service and public perceptions of Muslim women and their faith. Insherah Farhoud is a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She is one of the founding members of Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. One of the group’s early goals, she recalls, was helping Muslim women find jobs so they would be “better, productive citizens in the community and better role models for their children.” The Coalition initiated a medical assistant training program...
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