While some of the slaves brought to colonial America from Africa arrived as Muslims, Islam was stringently suppressed on plantations. From the 1880s to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the [...]
Eid al-Adha is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet Abraham to sacrifice his young first-born Ishmael as an act of submission to God's command and his son's [...]
Eid al-Fitr is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The religious The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days [...]
Eid Prayer throughout history Eid prayers, also known as Salat al-Eid (Arabic: صلاة العيد) and Salat al-Eidain (Arabic: صلاة العيدين), is the special prayer offered to commemorate two Islamic festivals. Both the Eids are collectively [...]