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A sermon inside Stockholm grand mosque
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Yehia
Abu-Zakaria, IOL Sweden Correspondent
STOCKHOLM,
November 15 (IslamOnline) – The advent of the Muslim holy fasting
month of Ramadan coincided this year with snow storms and intensive
snow-fall in almost all towns and provinces of Sweden.
For
about six months, Sweden will not see the sun and will be wrapped up
in dark and cold.
This
extreme cold has not, however, deterred Muslims from flocking to
Stockholm grand mosque and other mosques across the country, more
frequented in Ramadan, for the extensive Taraweeh prayers.
The
prayers are usually preceded by a sermon on how Muslims should raise
their children.
In
some mosques, Muslim worshippers join together in reciting the holy
Qura'n.
Fast-breaking
banquets are also a usual scene inside mosques in Ramadan, where
Swedish Muslims, who came from the four corners of the universe, try
to break their isolation by sticking to traditional Ramadan
festivities in their original countries.
Despite
the freezing cold, fathers often take their children along to the
mosques to help them enjoy the spirituality of the holy month.
The
number of Muslim children yearning to join elders in the spiritual
fasting experience is on the rise.
It
has become common for Swedish teachers to ask about religious rulings
on a Muslim taking a shower while fasting. Showering after sports
exercises is compulsory in Swedish schools.
With
Taraweeh prayers in the evening, Swedish mosques are busy
during daytime with lessons in the holy Qura'n and subjects of Islamic
jurisprudence.
After
the end of Ramadan, the Stockholm grand mosque plans a two-day
conference on Muslims in the West.
A
host of leading figures in the Arab and Islamic worlds, along with
Muslims from Sweden and other European countries, are expected to turn
out for the conference.
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