Showing posts with label Islam; Ramadhan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islam; Ramadhan. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Ramadan and Holy Quran

Muslims around the world read Holy Quran more during Ramadan.


Two Palestinian girls sit in the door of their family''s home in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, as they read in the Holy Quran while waiting for breaking their fast during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan on 06 August 2011


Indonesian students read copies of the Quran in am attempt to finish the Quran in a day during a mass Quran reading in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 06 August 2011


Kashmiri Muslim women read the holy Quran at the Shahi Hamdaan shrine during the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 05 August 2011

A Muslim man reads the Quran at the Al Azhar mosque in Cairo July 31, 2011, during a Ramadan night prayer called "Tarawih", marking the start of the Muslim fasting month in Egypt


A man reads the Quran on the first day of Ramadan while taking shelter from rain on a sidewalk in Lahore August 2, 2011


A Nepalese Muslim reads the Quran on the second day of the month-long fasting during the holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu August 2, 2011


A Somali refugee girl reads the holy Quran at the Liban integrated academy at the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, August 2, 2011



A defected Yemeni soldier, who joined sides with anti-regime protesters to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, reads the Quran at a checkpoint near the entrance to Taghyeer Square in Sanaa August 2, 2011


A student reads the Quran before morning prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Indonesia Central Java province, August 2, 2011.


A woman uses her mobile phone to illuminate the Quran as supporters of the Jordanian opposition and Syrians living in Jordan perform prayers during the holy month of Ramadan before a protest in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman August 2, 2011


A supporter of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak reads the Quran near pro-Mubarak posters, outside the police academy where Mubarak's trial will take place, in Cairo August 3, 2011


A Muslim girl reads verses from the Quran at al-Amin mosque, in downtown Beirut, during the holy month of Ramadan, August 3, 2011.


Anfal, 3, practises reading the Arabic alphabet in preparation for reading the holy Quran inside the Bari Imam Sufi shrine in Islamabad on August 6, 2011.


Men read the Quran after prayers at Masjid Al Kabir, also known as Grand Mosque, during Ramadan in the old city of Sanaa August 7, 2011


A man reads the Quran on the first Friday of Ramadan in a mosque at Umdowan Ban village outside Khartoum August 5, 2011.


A man reads the Quran on the first Friday of Ramadan in a mosque at Umdowan Ban village outside Khartoum August 5, 2011


An anti-government protester reads a Quran inside his tent at Taghyeer (Change) Square in Sanaa August 3, 2011



Muslim in Japan

Muslims gather in Japan gather at Tokyo Mosque and Turkish Culture Center in Ramadan, the holy month of Islam.

Tokyo Mosque's and Turkish Culture Center's Imam, Tokyo Mosque not only served as a place of worship but at the same time social activities were carried out there as a culture center.

The people hosted fast breaking dinner for 150 people every day since last year, adding that particularly Turkish meals were served there.

Non-Muslim Japans also attended fast-breaking dinner.

The mosque met many needs of the Japanese Muslims and at the same time many scientific meetings and conferences were organized at the mosque.

The sermons were made in Japanese, Turkish and English at the mosque, "this is what discriminates Tokyo mosque from the other mosques," he noted.

Yenturk said non-Muslim Japans attended particularly the Friday sermons.

Tokyo Mosque was constructed by Turkey in the Ottoman-Turkish architecture and one of the unique works of art in architectural sense.











The first iftar in China

The first iftar in China
Chinese Muslim in Beijing Nanxiapo Mosque,
the holy month of Ramadan,
the sultan of 11 months in the first iftar was great excitement.