By Fortunato Salazar http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191017-a-mosque-in-the-land-of-midnight-sun 17 October 2019 As midnight approached on 27 July, scores of visitors to the Norwegian city of Tromsø – the largest non-Russian municipality north of the Arctic Circle – thronged to Mount Storsteinen, or “the mountain”, as it’s locally called. Some of the more intrepid midnight summiteers hiked a switch-backed trail […]
For exact times in your particular locality you will need to do the following: (1) Please visit http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/websurf/ (2) It would be necessary to agree to the conditions. (3) Select ‘prayers’ option. (4) Thereafter, enter postcode in the relevant section. (5) Select the link of the postcode to go to the next screen. (6) Thereafter […]
This is a self-changing presentation explaining the concept of prayer times as delivered by Sh. Suliman Gani. It is spread over six parts. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six
Ramadan and Fixed True Dawn On July 29, 2013 – by Sheikh Nuh A A A In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate A Fasting Protocol for Northerly Latitudes Nuh Keller Ramadan takes place in any season in any land. Muslims living in Birmingham, England, and Oslo, Norway, asked me this […]
New Ramadan rules to help Nordic Muslims in midnight sun 11 Jun 2015 AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand Muslims in the Nordic region can expect new guidelines for coping with a sun that never sets ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a Swedish Muslim association said Thursday. Ramadan begins on June 18 this year […]
DIFFERENCE IN FASTING TIMES (a brief explanation of why many Ramadan timetables may be inaccurate) Abu Sufyan Why is there a difference in the starting times for fasting? The time for Fajr prayer is from the first light of true dawn (Subh Sadiq) until the sun rises. Fasting starts from the start of Fajr time, […]
Posted by: Shaikh (Dr) Haitham Al-Haddad The prayer and fasting timetables listed in this document below were obtained based on what is now known as the “18 degree formula” along with some necessary amendments to cater for the abnormal circumstances many European countries face due to their high location in the Northern Hemisphere. It is […]