Archive for May, 2018
A Very British Ramadan
A Very British Ramadan – White Muslims with own culture – wonderful to see.
Albanian Muslims celebrate holy month
The Eastern European nation of Albania has a Muslim majority and, of course, takes Ramadan very seriously. Communism ended in the country in the 1990s, and since then, the holy month has been revived.
Football During Ramadan
As Muslims around the world observe the month of Ramadan, fasting is a consideration for professional sportspeople. TRT Worlds Semra Hunter, spoke to people from the Albanian and Turkish national teams to find out how they cope
Ramadan in Saraevo
In Bosnia, cannons are fired at the start of the iftar (fast breaking). It’s an old Ottoman tradition.
Islam in Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski
Prologue THERE HAS NEVER BEEN an Eastern Europe without Islam. Eastern Europe owes its existence to the intermingling of languages, of cultures, and, perhaps above all, of faiths. It is the meeting place of the Catholic West and the Orthodox East, of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewry, of militant Islam and crusading Christianity, of Byzantine mystics and Sufi saints. Once, this[Read More…]
Marriage in old Sweden
According to old Germanic views – visible in the Swedish landscape laws – a two-member marriage agreement (“aqd”) and marriage-giving bedding (dukhūl) were concluded. The agreement was a contract (katb al-kitāb) to enter into intimate marriage (nikāh) and it was concluded between the woman’s guardian (walī) and the suitor (khatīb). The result meant that the contractors after a wedding party[Read More…]
Blessed Ramadan to our readers!
I4E Team wishes all our readers and rest of Muslims the most blessed Ramadan! During this month we plan to update our website in more flexible way and have less content with polemics and more with spiritual issues. May Allah bless us all and especially in this month!
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