30 Jul, 2010
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The Arabic word sawm: صوم, sawm indicates fasting canon (ie required) that every Muslim pubescent and in good psychological and physical conditions must make throughout the 30 days of the lunar month of Ramadan. It is the fourth so-called arkan al-Din, or “pillars of Islam.”
The obligation should be apparent from the first rising of the [...]
29 Jul, 2010
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The Maghrib prayer, prayed just after sunset, is the fourth of five formal daily prayers (salat) performed by practicing Muslims.
The formal daily prayers of Islam comprise different numbers of units, called rak’at. The Maghrib prayer has three obligatory (fard) rak’at. The first two fard rak’at are prayed aloud, and the third is prayed silently. In [...]
29 Jul, 2010
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Lemang is a traditional Malaysian food that originated from the Iban people of Borneo. Lemang is made of glutinous rice and coconut milk and cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. Usually prepared for celebrations such as the Iban harvest festival [...]