The Mansuri Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, was an important teaching hospital in medieval times.
Medicine was important in the medieval Islamic world. Doctors and scholars wrote extensively on the topic and made significant discoveries about medicine and healing. Learn more in this article. Continue reading
Source: 5 Verses of the Qur’an That Will Comfort a Broken Heart | B. Khan
Heartbreak is an inevitable part of the human experience and can be one of the toughest things to deal with. Simply picking yourself up and moving on is much easier said than done when you feel broken. What usually helps my aching heart recover is the word of God: the Qur’an. Here are 5 ayahs (verses) of the Qu’ran that even the most shattered heart can find comfort in…
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© The Associated Press Enisa Bekteshi student of Islamic Studies studies a book inside the library of the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Kosovo capital Pristina on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. In Kosovo religious authorities are going against old Ottoman-era traditions, and seeking to establish the training of women as spiritual teachers and theologians in mosques. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Source: Muslim preachers help Kosovo women learn, win their rights
PRISTINA, Kosovo — There’s a widespread tradition among many Muslims that it’s better for women to pray at home than in the mosque. But in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend, with religious authorities seeking to establish the training of women as spiritual teachers in mosques. Continue reading
Pilgrims of the Mouride Brotherhood, a Sufi order, read khassayites, written by their spiritual guide Serigne Touba, under a tent near the Great Mosque of Touba, on October 27, 2018 ahead of the religious festival of the Magal commemorating the exile of its founder, the great marabout Sheikh Amadou Baba. (AFP/Seyllou)
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children converged on Senegal’s holy city of Touba on Sunday for the Grand Magal, a traditional annual march and biggest celebration of the Mouride Brotherhood, a Sufi Islamic order. Continue reading
Bhit Shah in Matiari district, some 55 kilometres of Hyderabad. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Governor Imran Ismail inaugurates three-day festival
Source: Thousands of devotees throng Bhittai’s shrine | The Express Tribune
HYDERABAD:
The 275th Urs celebrations of Sufi poet Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai commenced in Bhit Shah town, Matiari district, on Wednesday with Governor Imran Ismail and provincial ministers separately visiting the shrine. Continue reading
