Hassane is a senior at University City High School and lives in San Diego. Ramadan has so many virtues that are practiced everyday by Muslims across the world that bind us together as an “ummah” or ...

As we fast and pray today, may the almighty Allah accept all our sacrifices this period and beyond. Alhamdulillah, we have reached the sixth day of the blessed month of Ramadan. As we fast and pray ...

Alhamdulillah, we have reached the ninth day of the blessed month of Ramadan. May the almighty Allah accept all our sacrifices this period and beyond as we fast and pray today. "O Allah, grant me a ...

When her daughter Mehreen was 7 years old, Joohi Tahir took her to her local mosque for Friday prayers. Mehreen became restless and started to squirm and wriggle. After the service, a woman came up to ...

Some people skip meals to lose weight. Others fast as part of a detox. Still others do it just because they feel like they’re too busy to stop and eat. But for Christians, there’s the practice of ...

Florence Obinim has dismissed claims that she underwent plastic surgery, saying her physical transformation is the result of ...

AsiaNews publishes a reflection for the Lenten season by a Capuchin friar from Lahore. The situation in the country mirrors "the negative impact" of global conflicts and general tension. Prayer "a ...

Israel's Chief Sephardic Rabbi (Rishon LeTzion), Rabbi Shlomo Amar has issued a plea to the public to fast and pray for rain as another winter season of paltry precipitation begins to fade away. In a ...

Pope Francis has called on all Catholics to pray and fast for Ukraine this Ash Wednesday. The interior wall of a Ukrainian chapel with different icons of the Virgin Mary displayed on the wall. (photo: ...