June 17 declared a regular holiday for Eid’l Adha

Jean Mangaluz 06/06/2024

  MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared June 17, Monday, a regular holiday for Eid’l Adha. Eid’l Adha is a Muslim holiday dubbed as the Feast of Sacrifice. “Now, therefore I, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.. President…

Ramadan: Muslims start 30-day fasting

Edwin Fernandez, Taher Solaiman 03/13/2024

COTABATO CITY—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) here celebrates the holy month of Ramadan, as its compound is beautifully lit up as practiced starting Tuesday evening. In Marawi City, the Mindanao State University added to…

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

03/09/2024

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of increased…

BuCor asked to have separate facility for Muslim PDLs

Adrian Parungao 02/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Muslim Affairs has asked the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for a separate penitentiary facility for Muslim persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). According to the BuCor on Saturday,…

Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video

Associated Press 09/22/2023

PALEMBANG, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam…

Violence erupts again at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

Reuters 04/06/2023

GAZA, JERUSALEM—Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite…

CCTO issues traffic advisory for Ramadan Night Market

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) issued on Friday, March 24, 2023, a traffic advisory for the Ramadan Night Market that will open Friday night, March 24, 2023. Colon street will be closed…

Ramadan Night Market: Experience the best of Muslim culture starting tonight in Colon

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/24/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from going on out-of-town trips now that summer is here, Cebuanos will have something more to look forward to, especially this month. This is after the Cebu City government and the…

Simple Eid’l Adha celebration for Mandaue’s Muslim community

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/08/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Muslim community in Mandaue City will be having a simple celebration on Saturday, July 9, for the observance of Eid’l Adha or feast of sacrifice. Pabay Mangotara, executive director of the Local…

Police eye personal grudge in early morning shooting in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Police are looking at personal grudge as the possible motive behind the killing of a man along Colon Street in Barangay Pahina Central here past 4 a.m. on Friday, May 28, 2021. The police identified…

Gullas: Remember frontliners in Feast of Sacrifice

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas urged his constituents to remember the sacrifices of the frontliners during the coronavirus pandemic in the celebration of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, today,…

Gunrunner linked to Muslim extremist group killed in Ormoc

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

Ormoc City – A suspected gunrunner linked to a Muslim extremist group was killed when he reportedly resisted arrest during an operation by the Criminal Investigation Detective Group of the Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas along…

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