As Ramadan starts on Thursday, Muslims in St Petersburg and elsewhere in northern Russia face an obstacle that the prophet surely didn’t envision.

As holy month of Ramadaan draws to a close, Faranaaz Parker explains the small but significant shifts she has seen in Muslim traditions.

The Mail & Guardian brings you ten lesser known facts about Ramadan.

Indonesia’s mosques are trying to sound their best for Ramadan, splashing out on high quality loudspeakers to avoid upsetting non-Muslims.

Saudi Arabia has begun the biggest expansion yet of Islam’s holiest site, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, to raise its capacity to 2 million pilgrims.

Farhana Ismail is talking about the imam who regards women’s presence in mosques as an anomaly.