Nearly 1.5 billion Muslims around the world begin the annual holy month of Ramadan this week – a time of fasting and prayer that commemorates the prophet Mohammed.
Under the Muslim calendar, it begins today or tomorrow.
Observing Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, when faithful Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours for a month of piety, worship and alms-giving.
It’s also a peak time for pilgrims to visit Mecca or Medina in Saudi Arabia.
The holiest night, on August the 27th, commemorates the revelation of the Koran to the Prophet Mohammed in 610 AD.
The start of Ramadan is linked to the crescent moon but can vary around the world.
The holy month ends with Islam’s biggest festival, Eid, a time of gifts and feasting
When it comes to keeping its future devices secret, Apple is a master at it. Just take a look at all the hype surrounding their rumored tablet PC and new iPhone for 2010, if you are to believe all that you read then the iSlate as it is known will be launched in March, and a new iPhone will launch in April or May.
There are so many questions left unanswered, and we hope that Apple will answer all of them at their press event on January 27. The Apple Tablet PC will either be called the iSlate or iPad; we reckon the former sounds better. Continue reading Speculated new iPhone
Accusations have been made that the current government’s senior officials use drug and use illegal substances. Following is a news on Minivan News that supports this allegation.
Minivan News – Two policewomen have testified in court against the deputy under secretary of the President’s Office, Aishath Eeman, after she was arrested on drugs related charge.
The police testified that Eeman refused to give them a urine sample when she was brought into the police station on suspected drug possession in December 2009. Continue reading Hakuruboa Sarukaaru
Leader of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) and former president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, today announced his resignation from politics ahead of the party’s national congress in February.
Gayoom apologised to the DRP and its members but said it was time for the “younger generation” to take over the party’s helm.
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