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NEICC RAMADAN ACTIVITIES

North East Islamic Community Center in collaboration with Lehigh Dialogue Foundation organized the Ramadan tent. On Wednesday, July the 9th, North East Islamic Community Center in partnership with Lehigh Dialogue Center organized the 4th Annual Ramadan Tent Iftar at the Payrow Plaza i

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NEICC RAMADAN ACTIVITIES

North East Islamic Community Center in collaboration with Boston Dialogue Foundation organized a iftar Dinner on Thursday,July 10,2014 in Revere. In this program was shown a short movie about fasting by Director of BDF.

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NEICC INTERFAITH RAMADAN DINNER

Presbyterian Church Of Sweet Hollow was the venue for an Interfaith Ramadan Dinner on Tuesday, July 1 2014 with a group of 80 people from different faith people the event was organized by North East Islamic Community Center of New York and Gathering of Light Inter spiritual. The progr

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NEICC RAMADAN ACTIVITIES

Turkish Cultural Center and North East Islamic Community Center organized a Ramadan Tent. This year, the event took place over the span of two days – the first day of Ramadan, which was June 28th and Sunday 29th. The opening night was particularly poignant and special because, for the

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FASTING FOR THE SOCIETY?

a. Fasting ensures the unity and harmony of society Fasting (especially when observed in Ramadan) leads to a positive change in the attitudes of the believers towards each other. The sense of empathy it invokes helps the faster understand other people better and makes it easier for th

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WHAT ARE THE SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF FASTING?

Every human being has a body and a soul. Both the body and the soul have certain desires and they strive for domination over one another in order to fulfill their desires. Lustful and carnal desires pertain to the body created from dry clay; in connection with this the Holy Qur’an dec

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WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY OF FASTING?

The following article was published in a Pakistani journal, Al-Muslimun. A summary of the study is as follows: The Effect of Fasting upon Human Health Introduction Muslims all over the world observe fasting in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It is forbidden for Muslims to eat a

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WHAT ARE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF FASTING?

Human beings are created from a body and a soul. A body without a soul is worthless and a soul without a body cannot function in this transient world. Every course of action people take, every bite of food they eat, and every act of worship they observe has a certain effect upon both

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HOW DOES AN INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT FROM FASTING?

Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam and it has numerous merits and benefits. However, just as with any other act of worship, Muslims observe fasting not for the benefits, but rather because they wish to totally submit to the pleasure of Allah. The Almighty Allah says in the Qu

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