Mosques have been broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers with the ... Astoria's mosques hope to continue the adhan throughout the day all year. For NPR News, I'm Zach Hirsch.

Pointer and other faith leaders in the region have learned to adjust sacred gatherings as they hope and pray for better ... entombment and mourning the dead. Muslim tradition requires the faithful ...

ALSO READ: Ramadan Day 1: Prayers and hadith ... out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven." (Sahih al-Bukhari, 38; Sahih Muslim, 760) This hadith reminds us ...

A professor in the US is thought to have become one of the first Muslim women to lead mixed Friday prayers. More than 100 men and women attended the service and sermon given by Amina Wadud, professor ...

the most holy month of the year for members of the Islamic faith. Ramadan, which includes fasting, prayer, the reading of the Koran and acts of charity, began March 23 and runs through April 23.