(RNS) Searching for a recitation from a female "qariah" or reciter, Jerusha Lamptey, assistant professor of Islam and ministry at Union Theological Seminary, found none. (RNS) To many non-Muslims, ...

Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Many people in Arab countries have ...

Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

Reciting, memorizing and devoting time to regularly studying the Qur’an and implementing it’s life lessons has tremendous benefits in both this life and the hereafter. Allah (SWT) says “Those who ...

Parents in Abu Dhabi can take their children for Quran lessons at various mosques and Quran memorisation centres in the Capital during the summer holidays. The General Authority for Islamic Affairs ...