Archive for June, 2018

A festive qasida in Zagreb

A festive qasida in Zagreb

A festive qasida in Islamic center of Zagreb (Croatia) during the celebration of fast-breaking day (Eid al-Fitr).

June 17, 2018 0 comments History & Culture
Happy Day of fast-breaking!

Happy Day of fast-breaking!

The team of i4E wish all our fellow Muslims the most happy Day of fast-breaking! May Allah accept from you and from us!

June 15, 2018 0 comments Faith
Making Time in Ramadan – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Making Time in Ramadan – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

June 11, 2018 0 comments Faith
Hamza Yusuf & Roger Scruton on Conservatism

Hamza Yusuf & Roger Scruton on Conservatism

Roger Scruton and Hamza Yusuf meet in the library of Zaytuna College to have a wide-ranging discussion on the true meaning of conservatism. Roger Scruton is philosopher of politics and aesthetics. He has authored more than fifty books on culture, philosophy, and religion, including A Dictionary of Political Thought and How to Be a Conservative. He received his Ph.D. in[Read More…]

June 7, 2018 0 comments Society
New Muslims Fasting in Secret – John Fontain

New Muslims Fasting in Secret – John Fontain

June 3, 2018 0 comments Faith
Ukrainian Muslims Works to Benefit the Community

Ukrainian Muslims Works to Benefit the Community

Tetiana Yevloieva, an activist with the Religious Administration for Muslims in Ukraine “Ummah,” talks about Ramadan celebration, charity work for IDPs and orphans, and interfaith cooperation.

June 3, 2018 0 comments Society
Spain’s Granada mosque attract Muslims in Ramadan

Spain’s Granada mosque attract Muslims in Ramadan

A mosque in the Andalusian city of Granada located in southern Spain overlooking the famous Alhambra Palace is attracting more Muslims during the month of Ramadan. The mosque named “Mezquita Mayor de Granada” (Grand Mosque of Granada) is hosting iftar dinners in which people are served with dates and Moroccan Harira soup. Mosque’s Secretary-General Zacarias Lopez Rejon said that they broke Sunday’s fast with milk and dates, while Harira soup[Read More…]

June 3, 2018 0 comments Society
‘Witaj Szkoło!’ Welcome to school! Every child in Poland is greeted by this sentence in early September when school commences after the summer holidays. Although religious education is not compulsory in Poland, a vast majority of school children attend classes of religion, usually run by a Catholic priest/nun (sometimes, if enough parents/students request it, lessons of ethics are taught). Muslim pupils usually aren’t as lucky as the kids in Białystok, where the local Muslim Religious Association in co-operation with Białystok’s education board and the Muftiate office organises Islam classes. The children who attend are a mix of Polish and Crimean Tatars and Chechen refugees. Pictured is Mirza, a local imam, who is leading a prayer class to a mixed group of boys and girls.

Polish Muslim Community in the Heart of Europe

The Podlasie region of north-eastern Poland is home to a small Sunni Muslim community called Polish Tatars or Lipka Tatars, who have settled there for over 300 years. Photographer Selim Korycki is one of the 3000 Poles with Tatar heritage.  For centuries, the Tatar relatives on his father’s side resided in what is known today as the Grodno Region of Belarus. Like[Read More…]

June 3, 2018 0 comments History & Culture