Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha in California...
Published: Nov. 14, 2011 Updated: 1:00 p.m. By SYED ANIS AHMAD / For THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER As in other parts of the world, Muslims of California celebrated Eid al-Adha last week with great fervor and zeal, offering prayers in mosques and other places. The Eid al-Adha, or festival of sacrifice, is the second biggest religious festival observed by Muslims, after Eid al-Fitr, which precedes the fasts of Ramadan. The holiday is known in the West as the occasion for Hajj pilgrimages to Mecca. On the occasion, every Muslim capable of buying a lamb, goat, sheep, cow or camel is supposed to slaughter at least one animal to mark the Prophet Ibrahim’s...
Muslims in America Celebrate End of Ramadan...
August 30, 2011 Jerome Socolovsky | Washington Muslims across America gathered in mosques to mark the Eid al Fitr holiday that closes their holy month of Ramadan. Muslims from around America’s capital poured into the Islamic Center of Washington in one of the most elegant parts of the city, known as Embassy Row. Egyptian law student Youssef Muhammad Auf hurried toward the men’s entrance with his mind on what he would ask of God this year. “Of course, pray [for] my country, the Islamic world, and all human beings – to be safe, peace, and have peaceful relations with every country, especially the United States and the Islamic World,” he said. Eid al-Fitr marks the breaking of the...
Muslims Around Globe Celebrate Eid al-Fitr...
August 30, 2011 Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Observers of Islam in Egypt, Syria and several other Arab countries started marking the holiday Tuesday by crowding into mosques for prayers. Muslims in several non-Arab countries, including Russia and Turkey, also began Eid celebrations Tuesday. Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites, started the celebrations in their country Monday. They said the new moon had been sighted and proclaimed that Ramadan ended Monday, with the Eid feast to begin the next day. Eid al-Fitr celebrates the purification achieved during Ramadan, a month of sunrise-to-sunset fasting, one of the five pillars...
For African-American Muslims, Ramadan Has Special Meaning...
As the month of Ramadan begins, many millions of Muslims around the world are joining in a collective fast intended to help purify their souls. But for the more than half a million African-American Muslims, many of whom descend from former slaves, Ramadan has a special meaning – a link between the African-American experience and the Islamic tradition of spiritual freedom. More than 500 African-American Muslims worship at the Masjid Muhammad in Washington, home to the oldest African-American Muslim community in the United States. Talib Shareef, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, is the new Imam at Masjid Muhammad. He says the experience of black Muslims in the United States is different from that of most other Muslims....
Muslims flock to mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan...
CAIRO (AP) — Far from the din and controversy roiling interfaith relations in the West, Muslims worldwide thronged mosques, cafes and parks in a solemn and joyful end to the fasting month of Ramadan. Authorities increased security in some countries due to fears that violence could intrude on Friday’s celebrations, but for most Muslims it was a day of peace, family — and most important food. Friends and relatives feasted on spicy lamb, kebabs and saffron rice, while smokers happily puffed on cigarettes in broad daylight as the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival got underway across the Muslim world. During Ramadan, the faithful are supposed to abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex in a dawn-to-dusk period meant to test the faith...
Sense of Community Supports US Muslims During Ramadan...
September 02, 2010 Sandra LeMaire | Washington Midway through the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims gather at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, or ADAMS Center, mosque to pray. Located in Reston, Virginia, the center was formed 25 years ago to attend to the needs of the Muslim community. Deputy Director Khalid Iqbal says people from 15 different countries, including the United States, participate in the center’s wide range of activities. During this time, ADAMS sees a spike in attendance. “During the month of Ramadan, we also serve meals every evening for breaking fast for almost four to five hundred people,” Iqbal explains. “I think because of the hardship and tough economic times more and more people are coming...
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