Halaal food is hard to find in Rio De Janeiro and apparently the fish and vegetable dishes contain alcohol or animal fat. After eating snacks that we had carried with us for two days, we found Mohamed’s Food Cart in Copacabana. Mohamed is an Egyptian Muslim and he assured us that his meat was Halaal…
My trip to China was the first time that I specifically looked for an Islamic tour operator in the country I was travelling to – mainly due to the complex Chinese cuisine and the language barriers there. After much research, and deliberation – we decided to go with IslamiChina. We had a few minor issues…
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, “There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit, and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar).” It is currently identified by a green carpet in the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) masjid and is also referred to as Rawdah. It…
These photos were taken in Makkah in January 2015. There is a lot of construction going on as part of the government’s efforts to expand the Masjid-al-Haram. This is set to continue in different phases for the next few years. As a result, large parts of the Masjid-al-Haram are not usable. This is what…