Ramadan

Employees at PepsiCo in the U.K. and other companies have volunteered to abstain from food and drink from sunrise until sunset, part of a diversity initiative with fasting Muslim colleagues during this month of Ramadan.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — has begun in much of the Middle East, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring

Saudi Arabia and some other Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, declared that the holy month of Ramadan when the faithful observe a dawn-to-dusk fast would begin at dawn Saturday.

Muslim lifestyle influencer Sara Sabry worked with Facebook and Instagram to answer the questions many may have wondered about the Ramadan holiday but did not ask their Muslim friends.

Muslims are navigating coronavirus regulations for their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic

Farmington Valley American Muslim Center worshipers celebrated ‘Eid Al-Fitr’ virtually to follow Governor Ned Lamont’s executive order of limiting gathers to 50 people or less. The ceremony comes after thousands of Muslims were fasting for Ramadan. Organizers tell NBC Connecticut that Eid is like Muslim Christmas. The center also hosted a drive-thru celebration for all families and gave out both…

“Helping those in need is one of our pillars of Islam,” said 8-year-old Arisha Islam. And that’s exactly what Arisha and her family are doing. For the next several weeks, they’ll help feed those in need outside the Masjid Al-Mustafa Mosque in Waterbury. “I think it’s helpful and nice,” said Arisha. “Ramadan represents giving, charity. It is a month,...

Muslims across Connecticut and around the world are having to make changes to how they observe the upcoming Ramadan, in the age of social distancing. This week begins the month-long practice of fasting from sunrise until sunset. Wajid Danish Ahmed, Public Relations Director for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community CT says while the month marks a time when Muslims come to…

Members of the faith in Connecticut and around the world are finding innovative ways to come together by using online chats to meet up and pray.

Six months after a gunman killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques, New Zealand’s government is planning further restrictions to gun ownership. A bill introduced to Parliament on Friday would create a register to track all the guns in the country and require gun owners to renew their gun licenses every five years instead of every 10. It would also...

People of all faiths turned out Wednesday night to once again show their support for members of a New Haven mosque that was set on fire two weeks ago.

An Afghan security forces raid against Taliban fighters in eastern Nangarhar province mistakenly killed at least six civilians, including a woman and two children, provincial officials said Saturday. Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, said 10 insurgents were also killed in the Friday night attack in Sherzad district. The civilians’ vehicle was exiting the area right after the raid and...

As local, state and federal investigators try to figure out who set a mosque on fire, New Haven public safety officials have started a new safety campaign for places of worship.

In New Haven, community members came together to condemn hate after someone set fire to the Diyanet Mosque on Middletown Avenue.

Officials are investigating a fire on Sunday afternoon at a New Haven mosque that was under construction and said it appears the fire was intentionally set.

Iraq has seen “a huge increase” in divorce requests in the last three months, the vast majority filed by women, Deputy Justice Minister Hussein Jassem told NBC News. That includes an uptick in applications in regions where ISIS was strong, he said. A judge in the former ISIS stronghold of Mosul reported that dozens of women are applying to dissolve...

A car bomb tore through an unprecedented cease-fire between Afghan forces and Taliban militants on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 20 in the eastern province of Nangarhar, NBC News reported. The blast struck a gathering of Taliban and Afghan security officials held amid a cease-fire to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting season. It’s believed to have killed...

For Muslims all over the world, June 15 marks Eid al-Fitr, the holiday at the end of Ramadan’s month of fasting. It brings festivals, food, gifts and prayers.

Last minute preparations are underway as Muslims around the world stocked up on groceries and dates Wednesday for evening meals to break dawn-to-dusk fasting during the month of Ramadan. Saudi Arabia and other Muslim-majority nations, like Egypt and Indonesia, declared Ramadan would begin Thursday based on a moon-sighting methodology. Muslims follow a lunar calendar, and a moon-sighting methodology can lead...

A man who drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque, killing one man and injuring a dozen others, was sentenced Friday to at least 43 years in prison for what a judge called a crime driven by “malevolent hatred.” Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said Darren Osborne’s mind was “poisoned” by far-right ideas before the June 2017 attack targeting Muslims...