Ramadan Fasting in Sweden, 23 hours a day

Ramadan in Sweden with No Dusk, No Dawn Source: Al Jazeera By Cajsa Wikstrom 07 Jul, 2014 Kiruna, Sweden – During this year’s holy month of Ramadan, when consumption of food and water is prohibited between dawn and dusk, how do Muslims observing the fast manage in the far north of […]

Saudi Arabia: Contradictory Transformation

Der Spiegel Saudi Arabia’s rulers don’t attach great importance to being called “king.” There are many kings in the world. The Saudi rulers prefer to call themselves the “Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques,” a reference to Mecca and Medina. It sounds modest, but it denotes a claim to power […]