Ramadan - Page 8

The first Friday prayers of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan passed quietly in the Old City of Jerusalem, two days after a Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv killed four Israelis.

Contents: Turkey bans fertilizer sales after two terror bombings; Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits; Israel cracks down on Palestinian workshops producing guns

Muslims in France have left a waitress with a large facial haematoma on the first day of Ramadan because the attackers had seen her serving alcohol. The waitress said she was alone in the bar when the men entered.  They

Contents: Israel’s Netanyahu responds cautiously to Tel Aviv terror attack; West Bank Palestinians reject call to end security cooperation with Israel; Turkey endures two days of terror bombing attacks; Terror attacks in Turkey complicate EU-Turkey migrant deal

A massive fire at Düsseldorf’s major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan. Officially, some 160 migrants were resident at hall 18 of the Messe

The Turkish government is permitting the use of the Hagia Sophia, a Greek Orthodox basilica until the conquest of Constantinople in the Fifteenth Century, for Islamic Ramadan prayers throughout the month, a move Greek officials are decrying as “retrograde” and disrespectful.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to thwart any attempt to use the Temple Mount to spark violence during the Ramadan holiday by assuring Muslims that no changes had been made to the Al-Haram Al-Sharif compound there.

Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.

Newly-appointed Defense Minister Avidgor Lieberman has issued an order easing some restrictions imposed on the Palestinians ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which begins on Monday.

The Chinese government has investigated its own religious tolerance and found that Muslims in Western Xinjiang province, where open observance of Ramadan and Muslim garb on public transportation are banned, enjoy “unprecedented religious freedom” thanks to Beijing’s generosity.

A top Islamic cleric has urged Egyptians not to give their customary Ramadan charity donations to President Abdel Fatah Sisi’s supporters.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), in a new propaganda message, is urging supporters to carry out violent attacks against civilian and military targets within the United States and Europe during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins in early June.

JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi novelist has suggested allowing fasters to drink water during Ramadan, set to take place this year during the height of the summer.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A new message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State calls on followers to launch attacks on the United States and Europe during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins in early June. “Ramadan,

The Egyptian Ministry of Education has announced the introduction of jail terms for cheaters ahead of the forthcoming high school final exams, as well a more strenuous vetting process for invigilators.

Ynetnews reports: Despite the significant drop in terror attacks over the past month, the IDF is worried that the upcoming holidays – Passover, Independence Day and Ramadan – will serve to reignite the violence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and

A Muslim postman who fell asleep at the wheel and killed a father-of-eight while fasting for Ramadan has been been told he will not be going to jail for his offence. Sajid Hussain, 36, claimed he ‘dozed off’ before his Volkswagen Polo

JAFFA, Israel – A top Shi’ite cleric astounded his followers by saying that celebrating Valentine’s Day is not a transgression. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani of Iraq, one of the most eminent Shi’ite clergyman, decreed that observing the Christian festival of

If Muslim pupils at British schools are doing badly in their exams because they are starving hungry all day during Ramadan, should we: a) Move the exams for hundreds of thousands of other pupils earlier in the year before Ramadan

Major school exams across the UK have been moved to accommodate Islam and students who fast during the month of Ramadan, following new measures set in place by education authorities. The GCSE and A-level schedule has been rearranged so that some

Muslims Erupt As School Board Refuses To Shut School For Islamic Holiday

Amnesty International’s latest report on Iran states the regime executed 694 people between January 1 and July 15. This means the country averages at least three executions a day.

On Friday, Presidential candidate and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton posted well wishes on Twitter to the Muslims celebrating Ramadan–just one day after five military members were killed in the Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting at a military recruiting center and a U.S. Navy facility.

Not one day – not twenty-four hours after the Chattanooga jihad mass murder – the symbol of American individualism, capitalism, and the capital of the world, the Empire State Building, one of the foremost symbols of American freedom, celebrated the Muslim “holiday” of Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is the most violent month of the year in the Islamic world, because Ramadan is the month in which Muslims renew their devotion to Allah, and violent jihad is a supreme act of devotion to Allah.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) forced a “Cub of a Caliphate,” the nickname for their child soldiers, to behead an abducted Syrian soldier. They released the video as Ramadan comes to an end.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)–a group founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and designated as a terrorist organization in the UAE–is concerned that damage to a Manassas, VA mosque’s air conditioning unit is a result of a possible anti-Muslim “bias motive,” the group said in two separate press releases from its national branch this week; one statement before and one a day after the slaughter of four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by Kuwaiti-born Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez.

Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases

Twin suicide bombings executed between Thursday evening and the beginning of the celebration of the Muslim holiday Eid have left at least 64 dead in northern Nigeria, with Boko Haram the likeliest suspect. At least one of the suicide bombers, police have confirmed, was a ten-year-old girl.

On Monday, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) blew up a church in Mosul that was thousands of years old. In the process of demolishing the historic church, known as the Mother of Aid, the terrorists also killed four children.

Reports surfaced from Iraqi media on Tuesday that 45 Islamic State (ISIS/IS/ISIL) jihadis were killed after ingesting an iftar meal commemorating the conclusion of Ramadan. It remains unclear whether the jihadis, who were breaking their Ramadan fast in Mosul, Iraq, died of food poisoning or intentional poisoning, Haaretz reports.

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants have crucified dozens of Syrian men and boys for breaking the Ramadan fast, according to reports.

In a move described by equal rights activists as a capitulation to Islamic supremacism, Israeli authorities have decided to close one of Judaism’s most holy sites, the Temple Mount, to Jews until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported the regime arrested or flogged at least 900 people for not fasting during Ramadan.

The Chinese embassy in Istanbul has released an advisory to Chinese nationals planning to travel to Turkey, warning that they may face violence following attacks on suspected Chinese nationals by Turkish national protesters this weekend. Those attacks may be a statement against the Chinese government’s attempts to ban the practice of Islam among Western ethnic Uyghurs, who largely subscribe to the faith.

The Turkish government has upset Chinese diplomats after Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu expressed “deep concern” over efforts in China to eliminate the observation of the holy month of Ramadan and bans in particular on Communist Party members fasting during the day, as is traditional during the holiday.

Teachers at a Welsh school are fasting and going to a local mosque during Ramadan to help them “connect” with their “many” Muslim students. They have called on others to join them to “experience a taste of another culture”. Andrew