Qiyam' means 'standing' and 'Qiyam al-Layl' means 'standing in night.' In the Islamic terminology, both terms refer to 'the voluntary night prayer, whose time extends from after 'Ishaa’ (evening) ...

Muslims will fast from dawn to sunset, marked by the prayers Fajr and Maghrib, respectively. Prayer times vary slightly between mosques and are dependent on the position of the sun. Muslims around the ...

My mother gave me a Christmas present this year that may well become my "mantra" for the new year. As I began to open it, I guessed that it was a ceramic art piece about one foot long. The partially ...