How to observe fasting in Arctic North
BY MUMTAZ BALKHI MAY 06, 2020 – daily sabah An Indonesian man observes the sky to determine the times of fasting for the holy month of Ramadan, Jakarta, Indonesia, June […]
Arctic Islam: the Midnight Sun, the ‘Isha Prayer, and Islamic Law and Practice
January 11, 2022 By Luke Campopiano Article, Climate and Environment, Society and Culture The Nord Kamal Mosque in Norilsk, Russia is the northernmost mosque in the world. Photo: Igor Sobolev “No major religion’s daily ritual observances […]
Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived
Source: NY Times. Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay […]