Americas

Snowden Fallout: S. American states to recall ambassadors from Europe over Bolivian plane incident

Russia Today: South American countries belonging to the Mercosur trade bloc have decided to withdraw their ambassadors for consultations from European countries involved in the grounding of the Bolivian president’s plane. “We’ve taken a number of actions in order to compel public explanations and apologies from the European nations that […]

Ramadan Fasting Challenged By Summer Heat

Source: The Huffington Post Salt Lake Tribune  |  By Peggy Fletcher Stack Every day. For a month. From sunup to sundown. No food. No water. No sweat? No, plenty of sweat, especially this year. With Utahns baking under energy-sapping, forehead-dripping, water-chugging temperatures, the state’s Muslims are swearing off that liquid […]

Roza in Ramadhan

Source: thedailystar.net ALTHOUGH ‘Fasting’ and ‘Roza’ are synonymous, there is a gulf of difference between these two. Roza is a Persian word whose equivalent in Arabic is Saum. These two must not be equated with mere abstention from food and drink Al-Siyam (Siyam is the plural of Saum) is something much more […]

Interfaith Dialogue: Part I, Is It Islamic?

Source: theamericanmuslim.org | by Dr. Robert D. Crane I.  Introduction Is interfaith dialogue Islamic? Perhaps this is the first question Muslims should ask in the Qatar Foundation’s special Ramadhan series of radio interviews and scholarly follow-ups on the role of comparative religion and interfaith dialogue in the world today. Does the divine […]