Lifestyle
Muslim Staffers Have Faith in a Tolerant Hill
Every Friday afternoon during his lunch break, J. Saleh Williams grabs a box of white linen fabric from the Rayburn House Office Building where he works and rides the Capitol subway to the domed building’s basement. There, in a carpeted room, he lays the linen on the floor and, along with about 70 fellow Muslims who work in the area, he prays.
Filed Under: Living
Coral International Cape Town, first Halal Friendly Hotel to get a Crescentrating of “6â€
Coral International Cape Town, a Five Star Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, is the first Hotel to get a Crescentrating of 6 for its Halal Friendly Services and facilities. Crescentrating is a rating standard which rates Hotels on a scale of 1 to 7 based on the services and facilities the Hotel provides to the Halal conscious travellers. Owned by Cii Hotel & Resorts Cape Town, a subsidiary of Cii Holdings, and managed by Coral Hotels & Resorts, Coral International Cape Town offers a fully Halal menu, an alcohol-free environment, rooms with Qiblah markings & Islamic TV channels. It also has its own Prayer room for the Guests on the Pool Deck level and Adhaan can be heard from the nearby mosques.
Filed Under: Lifestyle >> Travel
Celebrating holy matrimonies: Colourful Islamic traditions & what to avoid
“And marry those among you who are single and the virtuous ones among your slaves, male or female. If they are in poverty, Allah will enrich them out of his bounty...” [Quran 24:33]
Islam encourages its ummah to wed. In Islam, it is considered both a religious duty and a social necessity to get married. A Muslim marriage, and subsequently a Muslim wedding, is considered a big occasion in all cultures of the world. A Muslim wedding is a simple and noble occasion which joins a man and a woman entitling them husband and wife – a new couple, who are about to start a journey of a lifetime together.
Your portal to Halal Friendly Travel
If planning a holiday outside the country and feeling bogged down with choice of travel destinations, hotels, and places to eat, Crescentrating.com is a good website to go to as it features every facet of only Halal-friendly tourism and travel. It provides great travel information for Muslim travellers, covering one’s travel needs from food to accommodation to destinations. Not only that, one can also get Islamic guidelines for musafirs or travellers (i.e. prayer times, Qibla locater, travel duas), and it acts as a sort of travel agent because tour bookings and hotel reservations (at selected Crescentrated hotels) can be made from this website!
Filed Under: Lifestyle >> Travel
Eva Khurshid New York: A new brand of chic clothing for Muslim women
Eva Khurshid New York is the first fashion line formed to address the wants and needs of the contemporary woman. The brand promotes an avant-garde approach to fashion with the purpose of empowering women. This concept lies at the heart of the brand, for it fills the fashion void that co-founders Nyla Hashmi and Fatima Monkush discovered – the lack of clothing that exudes charm and conviction while leaving some things to the imagination. Nyla Hashmi and Fatima Monkush are two best friends who grew up together in Connecticut. They are both Muslim and as young girls, they found it hard to find clothes that allow them to be modest and look cool at the same time. Now, this dynamic duo are committed to designing chic clothing that offers Muslim women a way to dress both modestly and fashionably.
Filed Under: Lifestyle >> Fashion
Islamic textile treasures on show
More than 200 rare textiles from the 17th to the 20th centuries go on public display in Abu Dhabi today in the region's first comprehensive exhibition of Islamic embroidery.
Filed Under: Arts
Crescentrating - Halal Friendly Travel Announces its participation at Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) Dubai 2010
Crescentrating just announced its participation at ATM Dubai 2010. A pioneer in the development of the Halal Friendly Travel & Tourism sector, it launched the world’s first Halal Friendly Rating standard for Travel and Tourism services & facilities at ITB Asia Travel show in October 2009.
Filed Under: Travel & Hospitality
Ali Omar Ermes - A Gifted Contemporary Islamic Artist of Today
A globally renowned artist, Ali Omar Ermes is one of the most gifted contemporary Islamic artists of today, whose artwork is principally based on the Arabic letter forms. His work represents the traditional Arabic love of literature in various amazing dramatises – images of calligraphic and letterforms, where he places the subject matter against a richly textured abstract background, often creating layered meanings with additional poetic inscriptions.
Filed Under: Lifestyle >> Artists
Emirati designer to tackle Paris burqa ban
An Emirati designer of veils for Muslim women, "saddened" by France's move to ban the burqa, is heading to Paris to tell French parliamentarians and citizens that the piece of cloth is expression sans threat.
France no place for man with 'burqa' wife
France's prime minister said Wednesday he would sign a decree refusing French nationality to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil because he "has no place in our country."