The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies ...

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one ... be performed in the last part of the night and before sunrise.

Thousands of devotees congregated at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar to offer prayers in celebration of ‘Meraj-e-Alam’ (the ...