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Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
Abdul Ghaffār Khān ( Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan ( باچا خان, ' King of Chiefs ') or Badshah Khan ( بادشاه خان) was an Afghan Pashtun independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. [3]
Category:Prophecy in Islam. Islam portal. v. t. e. Ashura ( Arabic: عَاشُورَاء, ʿĀshūrāʾ, [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni Muslims, Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the ...
On the evening of March 25, 2004, a crude incendiary device was lobbed into St. Dominic's Church in the congested Bara Maidan area of the parish. It caused little damage but left Christians feeling unsafe. Local authorities have provided security for the church and posted two constables on guard. [6]
Chaand Raat ( lit. 'Night of the moon') is a South Asian Cultural observance on the eve of the festival of Eid al-Fitr; it can also mean a night with a new moon for the new Islamic month Shawwal. Chaand Raat is a time of celebration when families and friends gather in open areas at the end of the last day of Ramadan to spot the new moon, which ...
Dolly Parton says a new musical based on her life story is heading to Broadway. On June 6, the country music legend, 78, announced from the stage of the annual CMA Fest in Nashville that the ...
Quds Day ( lit. 'Jerusalem Day' ), officially known as International Quds Day ( Persian: روز جهانی قدس, romanized : Ruz Jahâni Quds ), is an annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to express support for Palestinians and oppose Israel and Zionism. [4] It takes its name from the ...
As of the 1998 census, some 250,000 Hindus remain in Karachi, forming approximately 0.86% of the total city population. However, despite most Hindus having left Karachi, a large number of streets continue to bear Hindu names, particularly in Aram Bagh, Mithadar, and Ramswamy. Christianity Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi