Haj slowdown hits Saudi businesses
Saudi businesses catering to haj visitor have taken a hit this year as far fewer pilgrims arrive and those who come have less cash to…
Muslims
SAUDIS ADD TO COSTS OF HAJJ AND UMRAH
JEDDAH – The Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, on Monday took a series of…
Ashmead Choate – The Radical Enigma
For his intimate family, relatives and friends Ashmead Choate was a sensitive, kind, caring and loving son, brother, husband, father and friend. It remains a…
Islam thrives in communist Cuba
Published in USA Today here HAVANA — As Cuban salsa beats pulsate along Obispo Street in the oldest section of this Caribbean capital, bearded men raise…
What the utility of Islam is
It seems like I have a “fan”. My column attracts a critic who of late regularly posts his opinion on my offerings. I welcome all…
PRACTISING ISLAM IN CATHOLIC CUBA
Joan Alvado photographed Muslims in Cuba, where an estimated 85% of the population is Catholic. Photographer Joan Alvado said the Muslims he met in Cuba…
‘Alliance of Virtue (or Get Your Bags Together)’
As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further away into obscurity and I am soberly having to grapple…
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ
Georgetown, Guyana, January 10th, 2016 SERVING HUMANITY WITH LOVE, DECENCY AND KINDNESS: Shaykh Faid Muhammad Said is on a tour of Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados…
Mexican Muslims
VICE Mexico (video published Mar 4 2014) traveled to San Cristóbal—in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico—to meet Cheb Cheb Ibrahim, one of the first…
TURKS OPEN PRAYER HALL FOR CUBAN MUSLIMS
Havana: With no mosque in Cuba, a prayer hall has been opened for Muslims to fulfill their worship during the sacred month of Ramadan. The…