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Author Insight
Ramadan and Cornavirus
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar. its date annually changes on the Gregorian calendar. Muslims tend to wait for the new month's moon to appear before they announce the first day of Ramadan. The date changes annually on the Gregorian calendar. Muslims wait for the new month’s moon to appear before announcing the first day. Healthy adult Muslims abstain from drinking, eating, immoral acts and anger from dawn until dusk. Muslims also believe the Quran was revealed in Ramadan. Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the kingdom, said prayers during Ramadan, should be performed at home as the pandemic rages around the world.
Book Excerpt
The Bystander
In the eighteenth century, everything changed. A reformer, Muhammed Abd al-Wahhab, came to power. His preaching was radical and modeled on Islam in the early years. He tossed out Shi’ism and Sufism as heresy because they believed in saints and holy places. But his biggest conquest was the conversion of Muhammed ibn-Saud in 1745. He spread wahhabism by force across most of Arabia.”
“Politics and religion make the world go around,” said Amy.
“Right,” said Brewer. “And then ibn-Saud, know as Abdu al-‘Aziz with the wahhabi backing, united all the Bedouin tribes in the Peninsula in 1930, creating the state of Saudi Arabia and making Riyadh the capital.”
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