By Saladin on Muslim Lifestyle from www.thelocal.se
Sweden's long summer days are presenting a challenge to Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Wednesday. Things are set to get even more challenging in 2015, when the fast will fall in June. 
By Saladin on Business and Islamic Finance from www.huffingtonpost.com
Stock returns are nine times greater during Ramadan than the rest of the year, a recent study says. While I knew about the rise in spiritual stock and inner revolution that can result from abstinence and purification of the soul, the upside to a financial portfolio was news to me. It's an intriguing way to balance faith and worldly affairs -- it seems fasting pays dividends of all kinds. 
By Saladin on Ummah News from www.salon.com
Muslims have been praying inside the Pentagon since Sept. 11 but right-wingers have been strangely silent 
By Saladin on Muslim Lifestyle from productiveramadan.com
I know most of you are super-worried about your productivity during Ramadan especially in the first few days, so I want to give you the top 10 tips you’ll need to stay productive during Ramadan right now!
By Saladin on Ummah News from www.guardian.co.uk
George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview.
By Saladin on Everything Else from www.slate.com
When Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007, an Israeli-led, Egyptian-enforced blockade severely limited the flow of goods and people in and out of the territory. As a result, Gaza's economy crumbled.
By Saladin on Islam and Religion from navedz.wordpress.com
It is a manifestation of Allah’s mercy on His slaves that He ordained fasting for them in order to purify them from excessive tastes and to cleanse their hearts from lustful things. These days, Muslims all over the world are receiving the month of Ramadan; leader of all months; the month of forgiveness, merits and gifts; the month that gladdens the hearts of righteous people. 
By Saladin on Ummah News from english.aljazeera.net
Nato has admitted that it killed Afghan civilians when battling the Taliban in the east of the country. 
By Saladin on Muslim Lifestyle from www.thenational.ae
A report released in May by the Dubai-based market research firm AMRB and its international counterpart TRU found that UAE teenagers spent more than triple the global average.
By Saladin on Everything Else from www.huffingtonpost.com
