Muslims across the globe have taken to social media to express their outrage following the release of new Ramadhan 2023/1444 AH restrictions set for the Saudi Kingdom by the country’s Minister of Islamic Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Sheikh. Among the Arabic mandates released last week Friday in the contentious ten-point document, children will no longer be allowed in the Masjid Al Haram during prayer as they may cause distractions to the […]
The displacement camps in the north-western Syrian province of Idlib are suffering from the worsening economic and food crises this Ramadan, with residents barely able to purchase basic essentials due to a mixture of high prices and food shortages. According to the Turkish newspaper Anadolu Agency, Syrians who are displaced from a decade of war live in camps throughout Idlib province are finding it ever more difficult to acquire food and […]
Aqeel bin Thabet, a university professor in the Yemeni city of Aden, used to buy one or two sheep to eat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan but, because of soaring prices this year, can only afford meat from a butcher once a week, Reuters reports. Others in the city, like 50-year-old Intisar Ahmad, said she will have to forgo meat and sweets and suffice with "what we can to fill our stomachs". […]
Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations in war-torn Yemen, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it supports the truce announcement by the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, which will see "all forms of military operations inside Yemen and on the Saudi-Yemeni borders" halted. The Saudi ministry praised Grundberg's efforts in reaching the ceasefire, which it said comes […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
