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, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. The ...

PETALING JAYA, March 12 (Bernama) – Imagine performing prayers in a mosque in Malaysia, yet the imam’s recitation sounds just like that of Masjidil Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam, located in the ...

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 ...

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. It is permissible for you, dear ...

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 ...

IMAGINE performing prayers in a mosque in Malaysia, yet the imam’s recitation sounds just like that of Masjidil Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam, located in the heart of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This ...