Καλώς ήρθες Ραμαζάνι

 
 
 
*Αχμαντ Ελντιν 
 
Ο μήνας της ευλογίας ξεκινάει την Δευτέρα πρώτη του μηνός το 2008. Ο μήνας του Ραμαζανίου. Ο μήνας στον οποίον οι Μουσουλμάνοι νηστεύουν για 30 συνεχόμενες μέρες. Σε αυτό το άρθρο θα δώσουμε όσο το δυνατόν μια σύντομη και ταυτόχρονα ολοκληρωμένη εικόνα για το Ραμαζάνι, την νηστεία του Ισλάμ.
 
 
Τι είναι το Ραμαζάνι;
 
Κάθε [...]

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Frappé Frappe Φραππέ

 

 
Just for fun for a change, I noticed that there was a Facebook group dedicated to frappe lovers.  (There’s a Facebook group for everything you can imagine).
Frappe, for those who don’t know is iced coffee. 
Some could consider it the national drink of Greece. 
A few days ago, I was visiting an Arabic friend who was going [...]

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Exclusive interview: My experience as a Pakistani in Greece

 

Many of us living outside of Greece, including me, wonder what the treatment of Muslims are living Greece by the locals.  Here’s an enlightening interview by Br. Nabeel, a Pakistani brother living in Athens, Greece.
Q.  What’s your experience living as a Muslim in Greece?
Well, I am here in Greece from last 3 years.  As a [...]

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Problems with Arab shaykhs in Greek-speaking areas

This post is in response to Mariam’s comment.  I’m moving it here so it’s easier to respond.
Q.  …None of the sheikhs speak greek….and barely english….so in other words our khutbas are in arabic, and all the greeks either sit there like lemons, or we sit next to an arab speaker and they explain wat is goin [...]

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Ramadan Reruns

Just some of the crazy things we do in Ramadan…

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