Eid al-Fitr, the day that marks the end of the Muslims’ fasting period, is a festive day in Islamic-majority countries. Purchases of clothes to be used on this special day and gifts for children boost retail.
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A group that studies the topic at the University of São Paulo is calling for Muslims who live in Brazil to fill out a survey that aims to detect the level of Islamophobia across the country.
FAMBRAS launched “Noor and the Gate of History”, dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese, an animation TV series for children and youth. It recounts the stories of great Muslim scientists and scholars and debuted on Tuesday, 13.
The holy month during which Muslims fast began this Tuesday (13). Find out how some Arab countries have adapted their practices as a result of Covid-19.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, professor Muna Omran is a daughter of an Arab Muslim family. The co-founder of a study group on the Middle East, she has taken on the mission of breaking stereotypes on the Arab countries, Islam, and Arab and Muslim women in Brazil.
The next course to be made available by the Revista Diáspora magazine and by Rio de Janeiro school Integra Educação Avançada begins February 22. Enrolments are open.
This Monday (1st), Muslim and non-Muslim women are posting pictures of them wearing the veil on social media to hijab wearers. This is the World Hijab Day, which is promoted in Brazil by a group of the University of São Paulo.
Integra Educação Avançada and Revista Diáspora ed efforts for increasing the dissemination of the scientific work on the MENA region trough courses, webinars, exhibitions and debates.
Based in São Paulo, Ana Laura Deleon is Uruguayan and launched in August her website Estudios Arabes e Islamicos. She aims at taking information on the Arab countries to Spanish speakers.
Muslim shopping behavior was discussed by the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce during a course offered by Fambras and CNA. Orlando Leite Ribeiro, of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, spoke on exports to Islamic markets.
The pilgrimage to Mecca is restricted to Saudi residents this year. Pilgrims are getting tested for Covid-19 and getting their temperatures taken. They will be required to undergo a quarantine at the end of their journey.
An unprecedented study commissioned by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce found that the Arab community in Brazil numbers at 11.61 million, 45% of whom are in the A and B income brackets.
Science and religion will be among the subjects of an online megaevent of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) from Monday (13) until Friday (17), on which date there will be a debate with representatives from Islamism, Catholicism, Judaism, and Candomblé.
The Saudi Arabian government is accepting registration from non-national residents to the religious pilgrimage due late July. Saudi medical professionals and security workers who have recovered will be selected to the Hajj.
