We pray that all of our readers have blessed Rajab and Shaba’an, and with health and faith reach the blessed month of Ramadan. Tonight in Turkey will be celebrated as ‘Recep kandil’ or the first Thursday night in the month of Rajab, when prayers for the three consecutive holy months are offered. This summer, Rajab, Shaba’an and Ramadan follow most of May, June and July, and the Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramazan Bayram) is expected in early August (August 8th, as calculated by the Turkish government’s religious department, Diyanet). While most Muslims around the world still look up to see the crescent moon in the sky and pray for blessings, we should also be grateful that we have reached this blessed period once again, in health and well-being, blessings that so many other Muslims and non-Muslims alike are deprived of.
