Ramadan gold rush: Wealthy Middle Eastern visitors flock to London
3/7/12 english.alarabiya.net
UK: Ramadan 2012 support to stay health for people with type 2 Diabetes
3/7/12 Press release
MSD has partnered with charities Silver Star and the South Asian Health Foundation to launch an educational campaign – ‘Staying Healthy During Ramadan’.
UK: Opinion: In run-up to Ramadan, focus on the meaning is lost
3/7/12 www.thenational.ae
My local supermarket in London has recently mounted a large banner across its railings, which commands: “Stock up for Ramadan now!” With just over two million Muslims in Britain, mainstream grocery outlets have become wise to the copious shopping of the Islamic month of fasting. With three weeks to go, the frenzy to supply the fasting faithful is rising.
Ramadan 2012: The Early Bird Challenge 5
25/6/12
By Yacoob Manjoo
With just one month to go until Ramadan, insha-Allah everyone is gearing up to welcome this blessed annual visitor. If you’ve been with this series so far, insha-Allah you’re well on track to make the most of the coming month. But if not, there’s still time to put in some prep work. You can still make use of past posts in this series – but just amend the exercises to suit your current timeframes. See the list of previous posts at the end for quick access to these exercises.
Ramadan 2012: The Early Bird Challenge 4
23/5/12
By Yacoob Manjoo
Ramadan is almost here, to help you we have set up a count down clock and by now, your local ulama and others might have started reminding you of the need to prepare early for it – so that you can start the month in full gear already (or at least better than starting from zero). But if you’ve been with the Early Bird series so far, you should be way ahead already – gradually improving so that you’ll be well equipped to start the month in an already-habitual state of striving.
The Ramadan Early Bird Challenge
By Yacoob Manjoo
To fully benefit from a great opportunity, you need to prepare for it – and the more thorough the preparation, the better. As Muslims, we have an annual event that serves as a tremendous opportunity to gather rewards and effect permanent, positive changes in our lives that will help us draw closer and closer to the Almighty. That opportunity is Ramadan.
London 2012: How do the Olympics handle religion?
30/3/12 www.bbc.co.uk
By Michael HirstBBC 2012

The man responsible for delivering the Olympics is in a panic, drafting a press release heralding London’s pride in its “mulitculturality”, and hoping the Algerians will not follow through on their threat to boycott the Games due to a religious faux-pas.
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