RAMADAN 2023

Since the Covid pandemic, the East London Mosque (ELM) has operated a food bank from inside its vast complex. The project was initially set up in 2020 to help people, both Muslim and non-Muslim, who lost their jobs due to the…

 Hundreds gathered Friday at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London as part of an open Iftar. After the recitation of the adhan, or call to prayer, Muslims broke their fasts which was followed by a congregational prayer. Speaking before…

The East London Mosque and London Muslim Center has been hosting more than 800 people a day for iftar during Ramadan. Officials at the mosque, one of the largest in Europe, reported an increase in the number of students and refugees from…

Jaouen Hadjam, a Muslim soccer player and defender for the French Nantes team, was absent from his side’s match on Sunday (02 Apr 2023) because he refused to break the Ramadan fast. Nantes has six players this year observing Ramadan,…

Palestinians in Gaza begin flocking to sweet shops in Ramadhan, either to eat them after Iftar or to gift them when visiting relatives. Sweets of all kinds are very popular, but Qatayef, which is famous in Ramadan, as well as kunafa of…

Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and other religious groups in the Philippines are pooling their resources to support the Muslim community in their fast and observance of Ramadhan. Muslims constitute roughly 5 percent of the…