Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

Two President candidates Joko Widodo or Jokowi and Prabowo Subianto at the Peaceful Campaign Declaration event in National Monument, Jakarta, September 23, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside An ...

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. in our masjid, our imam said that it is the right of the Quran to recite it once a year. I know the hadith that was narrated by Al-Bukhaari ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah said in his ...

Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

Doha: Qatar is participating in the 58th International Al Quran Recitation and Memorisation Assembly in Malaysia, represented by Reciter Al Numan Imran Abdul Hamid, who is taking part in the category ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysian ‘qari’ (male reciter) Muhammad Qayyim Nizar Sarimi emerged as the champion of the men’s recitation category at the 63rd Malaysian International al-Quran ...

The inauguration ceremony for the new mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, included a historic first with the reciting of the Quran by Al-Azhar Sheikh Hassan Ali, Director of the Mecca Islamic Center.

The classical singer captivated the Arab world with her fluent covers. A year later, she converted to Islam prior to marrying her now Moroccan husband. An American singer who took the Arab world by ...

Rotana Tarabzouni criticized for concluding a dance by reciting verses from the Quran. US-based Saudi singer Rotana Tarabzouni triggered outrage online after appearing in a video that showed her ...