Fasting News

Standing with signs that read "Stop Separating Families," and "Immigration is an American Experience," Northwest Arkansas residents gathered in solidarity at a fasting vigil for Latino migrant children Monday, July 21. The event, Standing Watch With All The Children, was organized by a collaboration between the Omni Center for Peace, Justice and ... (more)

Summary The government today said it will respond on the issue of Shiv Sena MPs force-feeding a fasting Muslim after ascertaining full facts by tomorrow.

If a good politician is somebody who, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, never lets a serious crisis go to waste, then Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, is an excellent politician.

Fattoush, diced vegetables mixed with pomegranate molasses and olive oil, lentil soup spiced with cumin and with other small mezze dishes including fatteh , and cheese-filled sambousek are all placed on the dining table.

Massive Percheron horses get a much needed cooling splash in a stream at the end of a hard working day on a farm near Ringwood in Hampshire.

A Sudanese street vendor sells windscreen wipers to motorists stuck in gridlock on one of central Khartoum's busiest road, on July 13, 2014 in the Sudanese capital.

Muscat: Muslims are passionate about fasting during the month of Ramadan as it is one of the five pillars of Islam.

Amid an outrage over Shiv Sena MPs force-feeding a Muslim catering worker fasting during Ramzan, its President Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the uproar over the incident was an attempt to "silence" his party's voice.

"I remember how there was concern for those fasting to endure in the heat and work through the day.

It's a delicate balance for Muslims living in the West between assimilating into a new culture and preserving the religious traditions of their homelands.

Walmart Canada is in the midst of a Facebook campaign timed to coincide with the Muslim holiday Eid.

There has been uproar in India's parliament after reports that some Hindu MPs tried to forcibly feed a Muslim man who is fasting for Ramadan.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani today disapproved of the alleged action of Shiv Sena MPs in forcing a fasting Muslim to eat at Maharashtra Sadan here.

WHEN he breaks his Ramadan fast most nights, Hindu man Kartik Mohandas meditates while his Muslim friends recite Islamic prayers.

The Month of Fasting 2014 - Ramadan 1435, is winding down. There are only a few more days in the month during which Muslims all around the world fast from dawn 'til dusk each day.

RAMADAN: Sayed Rezai is joined by Griffith and Leeton Shia Muslims taking the chance to eat and drink between 6pm and 5am.

What we do is we wake up at 4. Then the kids wake up at 4:30 for the pre-dawn meal.

TEHRAN Reza Akrami, head of the presidential council for cultural affairs, is on the opinion that President Rouhani's meetings with rival conservative and reformist groups would yield positive results.

YOUNG workers in a major Chinese factory city are mysteriously dying in their sleep, a devastating trend thought to be linked to overwork.

I was recently a guest at a renewal of wedding vows here in West Cavan. The event was held in a hand built garden roundhouse.