Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is head preacher of the Jamia Masjid, condemned the killing of innocent tourists in Baisaran, ...

Each Islamic month lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending on the moon’s visibility. Consequently, a lunar year is approximately 354 or 355 days long, which is about 10 to 12 days shorter than the solar ...

Current astronomical predictions indicate that the Islamic New Year dates should fall on Wednesday June 25 in the UAE, which ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had been allowed to pray at the mosque and deliver a sermon after a month, since the 2019 abrogation of ...

SRINAGAR: In a rare gesture, worshippers observed a one-minute silence in memory of the Pahalgam terrorist attack victims ...

The news has been welcomed by millions of pilgrims who, in recent years, have dealt with extreme heat during Hajj ...

The festival is celebrated over the first three days of Shawwāl, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. Unlike Christmas, Eid does not fall on the same date every year. Muslim festivals and ...

The other day I asked a friend where he would be during Jyeshtha? He looked at me uncomprehending, and finally expostulated: ...

Eid al-Fitr is the first of two celebratory days in the Islamic calendar, both observed every year. Though the holiday is marked on one day, some will celebrate this festival for as long as three ...

The Islamic calendar, known as the Hijri calendar, goes by the lunar cycle, with the sighting of the new moon marking the start of Eid. At the festival, a sense of social conscience prevailed ...

During Ramadan, participants fast from all food and water until sundown for an entire month at the first crescent moon in the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is said the Quran was revealed ...

The restaurant is open until midnight. Eid al-Fitr is the first of two celebratory days in the Islamic calendar, both observed every year. Though the holiday is marked on one day, some Muslims ...