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Fasting during the month of Ramzan can be good for one's health. But observe caution while breaking the fast. The reason why people fail in fasting is because of the wrong way they break their fast. After diligently observing fast for almost a day they s
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The Muslim community observes fast in the month of Ramzan and apart from the spiritual aspects many vouch for the health benefits. "There is no need to eat too much food at Iftar (the food taken immediately after sunset), dinner or sahur (the light meal
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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaking during a Ramadan Iftar banquet in honor of Muslim clergymen, in Damascus, Syria, 24 August 2011. (Photo: SANA / EPA) Syrian Situation – Global Post reports on Syrian Christians’ reluctance to join the uprising again
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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaking during a Ramadan Iftar banquet in honor of Muslim clergymen, in Damascus, Syria, 24 August 2011. (Photo: SANA / EPA) Juvenile Injustice — The Guardian examines accusations that Israel’s military justice system mistr
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Muslims pray before they break their fast in a mosque during the Ramadan month in Kabul, Afghanistan Like more than a billion fellow Muslims around the world, Sulley Muntari began the monthlong fasting ritual of Ramadan on Aug. 22. Abstaining from food
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I have been writing about the Muslim month of fasting known as Ramadan for 20 years. I have interviewed scores of Muslims to learn what it is like to go without food and water from dawn to dusk for 30 days. I’ve asked athletes how they deal with it durin
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Vikas Khanna is making films that connect food with spirituality There are cooks...and there is Vikas Khanna. In the United States for the past 10 years, he has seen dizzy heights of the White House kind where he was invited to whip up a feast. Now he is
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On Monday, President Barack Obama issued an official statement marking Kwanzaa, the holiday invented by a violent radical named Dr. Maulana Karenga (born Ron Everett) in the 1960s. Obama said: “Today marks the beginning of the week-long celebration honor
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Times-Union readers want to know: An email I received supposedly proves that President Barack Obama is a Muslim because he did not wear his wedding ring or watch during Ramadan, and Muslims are forbidden from wearing jewelry during that month. Is this tr
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Ramadan Dates (beginning at sundown on the evening before the date given) Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Islam uses a lunar calendar-that is, each month begins with the sighting of the new moon.
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Every year, the American President lights a menorah on Chanukah at the White House (that’s “Hanukah” to the ignorant secular Jews who voted for the guy and can’t pronounce Hebrew words). The key phrase is “on Chanukah.” But not Barack Obama, not this y
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As the Syrian uprising extends into its ninth month, a cycle of detentions and missing people amid a violent crackdown is playing out like a tragic case of deja vu. Syrian President Bashar Assad has been employing the same tactics that his father, Hafez
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New York: The FBI has been spying on Muslim groups in America, using their community outreach programmes as a facade to secretly collect and share with other law enforcement agencies personal information about people from the community, a US rights organ
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FBI is accused of spying on Muslim groups, using their community outreach programmes as a facade. (Thinkstock) The FBI has been spying on Muslim groups in America, using their community outreach programmes as a facade to secretly collect and share with o
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Demba Ba, the former West Ham United striker has 9 goals in 14 appearances for Newcastle this season. Demba Ba - in action on Saturday After getting of to a slow start to his Newcastle, probably because of Ramadan, the annual month of fasting in the Is
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Demba Ba, the former West Ham United striker has 9 goals in 14 appearances for Newcastle this season. Demba Ba - in action on Saturday After getting of to a slow start to his Newcastle, probably because of Ramadan, the annual month of fasting in the Isl
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On last night's All-American Muslim, we saw Coach Zaban get invited to the White House for the annual Ramadan Iftar (fast breaking) dinner. The coach had a tough time deciding whether or not he should go, since football is so… Full Story »
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On last night's All-American Muslim, we saw Coach Zaban get invited to the White House for the annual Ramadan Iftar (fast breaking) dinner. The coach had a tough time deciding whether or not he should go, since football is so important to Fordson High an
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