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2016 JANUAR Rebiu-l-evvel / Rebiu-l-ahir 1437 Islam in America Organized “Muslim” movement in the US can be traced back to Timothy Drew (Canaanite Temple, Newark, Pittsburgh, 1932) are examples of NOI/AMI followers who later reverted to mainstream Islam. Other leaders were built from the ground up. Several national Islamic Financial, Civil Liberties, Relief, Dawah institutions 1913), Wallace D. Fard (Nation of Islam “NOI”, Detroit, 1930) and then Elijah Muhammad (NOI, 1934). like Jamil al-Amin, Siraj Wahhaj, Zaid Shakir left their mark in American. Immigrant Muslim workers who created like Guidance, CAIR, MAS, ISNA, Mosque Cares. Currently there about 2,300 Mosques & Islamic Imam W.D. Mohammed is the reformer of NOI. Mohammed assumed NOI leadership in 1975. While he came in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s (Syrian, Lebanese, and Yemeni) formed communities in different Centers, and 350 Full time Islamic Schools. The US government estimates 2.23 million Muslims in America was gradually stirring the ship toward mainstream Islam, Farrakhan decided to revive the teachings of the parts of the US like Dearborn, Cedar Rapids (Mother Mosque, 1934, oldest standing and preserved Mosque), while Muslim organizations estimate 5-8 million. forefathers and formed his group with the original name NOI. In Parallel, the Ahmadiyya Movement in & Lackawanna. 1970s & 80s witnessed influx of Muslim students from abroad who purchased houses and Islam (AMI) was active in the African American Community starting in the early 1920’s. Malcolm X, Shaikh Churches and converted them into Mosques. The Muslim Students Association (MSA) established in 1962 Dawud Faisal (Islamic Mission of America, 1924 in Brooklyn), Sheik Nasir Ahmad (First Muslim Mosque of was and continues to be a vibrant organization. From the 1990’s, hundreds of Mosques & Islamic schools Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Februar 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa "Allahove džamije održavaju oni koji u Allaha i onaj svijet vjeruju i koji namaz 1 2 3 4 5 6 klanjaju i koji zekat daju, i koji se nikoga osim Allaha ne boje. Takvi su, sva je prilika, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 na pravom putu." (Kur'an) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Al-Masjid Al-Haram Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 FEBRUAR Rebiu-l-ahir / Džumade-l-evvel 1437 The Kaabah It is a building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, Saudi pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make Land. The Kaaba is approximately 13.1 m (43 ft) high (some claim 12.03 m (39.5 ft)), with sides Arabia. It is the most sacred Muslim site in the world. It is considered the "House of Allah". tawaf, the circumambulation seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. measuring 11.03 m (36.2 ft) by 12.86 m (42.2 ft). Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing salat Tawaf is also performed by pilgrims during the umrah (lesser pilgrimage). However, the most and limestone. The interior walls, measuring 13 m (43 ft) by 9 m (30 ft), are clad with tiled, white (prayer). From any point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the qibla. The interesting times are during the hajj, when millions of pilgrims gather to circle the building on marble halfway to the roof, with darker trimmings along the floor. The floor of the interior stands sanctuary around the Kaaba is called Al-Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque). the same day. about 2.2 m (7.2 ft) above the ground area where tawaf is performed. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim who is able to do so to perform the hajj The Kaaba is a bricked cuboid structure which is made of granite quarried from nearby Kyara Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Mart 2016 "Kada se neko od vas lijepo abdesti i dođe u džamiju isključivo radi namaza, Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 za svaki korak koji kroči Allah mu podigne stepen, a skine grijeh, sve dok 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ne uđe u džamiju." (hadis) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 MART Džumade-l-evvel / Džumade-l-uhra 1437 Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque) Is a mosque established and originally built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, situated in mosque was an open-air building. The mosque served as a community center, a court, and a pilgrims who perform the Hajj go on to Medina to visit the mosque due to its connections to the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. Al-Masjid an-Nabawi was the second mosque built in the religious school. There was a raised platform for the people who taught the Quran. Subsequent the life of Muhammad (PBUH). history of Islam and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. It is the second-holiest site Islamic rulers greatly expanded and decorated it. In 1909, it became the first place in the After an expansion during the reign of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I, it now incorporates in Islam, after al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. It is always open, regardless of date or time. Arabian Peninsula to be provided with electrical lights. The mosque is under the control of the final resting place of Muhammad (PBUH) and the first two Rashidun caliphs Abu Bakr The site was originally adjacent to Muhammad's (PBUH) house; he settled there after his Hijra the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The mosque is located in what was traditionally the and Umar. (emigration) to Medina in 622 CE. He shared in the heavy work of construction. The original center of Medina, with many hotels and old markets nearby. It is a major pilgrimage site. Many Source: Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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April 2016 "Tako mi vremena, čovjek, doista, gubi, samo ne oni koji vjeruju i dobra djela čine, i koji jedni Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 drugima istinu preporučuju i koji jedni drugima preporučuju strpljenje." (Kur'an) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dome of the Rock (Al-Aqsa) Jerusalem, Palestine

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 APRIL Džumade-l-uhra / Redžeb 1437 Dome of the Rock is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially structure may also have been influenced by the Byzantine Chapel of St Mary (also known located at the visual center of a platform known in English as the Temple Mount and in completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second as Kathisma and al-Qadismu) built between 451 and 458 on the road between Jerusalem Arabic as Al-Haram al-Sharif, or "the Noble Sanctuary". Fitna. The Dome of the Rock is now one of the oldest works of Islamic architecture. It has and Bethlehem. Muslims believe the location of the Dome of the Rock to be the site of the Islamic miracle been called "Jerusalem's most recognizable landmark". Its architecture and mosaics The site's significance stems from religious traditions regarding the rock, known as the of the Isra and Mi'raj. were patterned after nearby Byzantine churches and palaces. The octagonal plan of the Foundation Stone, at its heart, which bears great significance for Jews and Muslims. It is Source: Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Maj 2016 "Iskoristi mladost prije starosti, zdravlje prije bolesti, bogatstvo prije siromaštva, slobodno Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 vrijeme prije zauzetosti i život prije smrti." (hadis) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Šarena Džamija Tetovo, Macedonia

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 MAJ Redžeb / Sa’ban 1437 Islam in Macedonia Muslims in the Republic of Macedonia represent one-third of the nation’s total population, in major cities, as are Roma Muslims. Bosniaks are mostly concentrated within Skopje. comprising an estimated 40.3% of the Macedonian population by 2030. The Macedonian making Islam the second most widely professed religion in the country. Albanian Muslims, Muslims of Macedonian ethnicity number roughly 40,000 to 100,000 and can be found Muslims are largely the descendants of Orthodox Christian Slavs from the region of forming roughly 25% of the nation’s total population and most of the Muslim population, in western Macedonia in the Centar Župa, Debar, Struga and Plasnica areas. The Muslim Macedonia who converted to Islam during the centuries when the Ottoman Empire ruled live mostly in the Polog and western regions of the country. The Turks, who make up about percentage in Macedonia generally decreased from 1904 to 1961 but began to rise again, the Balkans. The various Sufi orders (like the Khalwati, Rifa’is and Qadiris) all played a role 4% of the country’s total population, are scattered throughout the country, but mostly reaching 33.33% in 2002. The Muslim population is projected to continue growing, in the conversion of the Macedonian and Paulician population. Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Juni 2016 "Onaj ko bude uradio koliko trun dobra - vidjeće ga, a onaj ko bude uradio i koliko Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 trun zla - vidjeće ga." (Kur'an) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Qolşärif Mosque Kazan, Russia

2016 JUNI Sa’ban / Ramazan 1437 Islam in Russia Islam is the second most widely professed religion in Russia. Islam is considered as one of successor to the Golden Horde, continued to raid Southern Russia and were even able to the destruction of Muslim culture by elimination of outward manifestations of Islam such as Russia’s traditional religions, legally a part of Russian historical heritage. The first Muslims burn down parts of Moscow in 1571. Until the late 18th century, Crimean Tatars maintained mosques. The Russians initially demonstrated a willingness in allowing Islam to flourish as within current Russian territory were the Dagestani people (region of Derbent) after the Arab a massive slave trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, exporting about 2 Muslim clerics were invited into the various regions to preach to the Muslims, particularly the conquests in the 8th century. The first Muslim state in Russia was Volga Bulgaria (922). The million slaves from Russia and Ukraine over the period 1500–1700. The period from the Kazakhs whom the Russians viewed with contempt. However, Russian policy shifted toward Tatars inherited the religion from that state. Later most of the European and Caucasian Turkic conquest of Kazan in 1552 to the ascension of Catherine the Great in 1762 was marked by weakening Islam by introducing pre-Islamic elements of collective consciousness. peoples also became followers of Islam. Tatars of the Crimean Khanate, the only remaining systematic repression of Muslims through policies of exclusion and discrimination as well as Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Juli 2016 "Pametan je onaj koji strogo vodi računa o svojim postupcima, i radi za život poslije Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 smrti, a slabić je onaj koji slijedi svoje strasti i bezrazložno se nada i pouzdava u Allaha." 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (hadis) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Cologne Central Mosque Cologne, Germany

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 JULI Ramazan / Sevval 1437 Islam in Germany Owing to labor migration in the 1960s and several waves of political refugees since the population). Of these, 1.9 million are German citizens (2.4%). As of 2006, about 15,000 and Afghanistan. Most Muslims live in Berlin and the larger cities of former West Germany. 1970s, Islam has become a visible religion in Germany. According to a national census converts are of German ancestry. According to the German statistical office 9.1% of all However, unlike in most other European countries, sizeable Muslim communities exist in conducted in 2011, 1.9% of Germany’s population (around 1.5m people) declared newborns in Germany had Muslim parents in 2005. Islam is the largest minority religion some rural regions of Germany, especially Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and parts of Bavaria themselves as Muslim. However, this is likely to underestimate the true number, given that in the country, with the Protestant and Roman Catholic confessions being the majority and North Rhine-Westphalia. many respondents may have exercised their right not to state their religion. An estimate religions. The large majority of Muslims in Germany are of Turkish origin (63.2%), followed made in 2009 calculated that there are 4.3 million Muslims in Germany (5.4% of the by smaller groups from Pakistan, countries of the former Yugoslavia, Arab countries, Iran Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Zora 3:41 3:42 3:43 3:44 3:45 3:46 3:47 3 Izlazak sunca 5:22 4 5:22 5 5:23 6 5:24 7 5:24 8 5:25 9 5:26 Independence Day Podne 12:57 (U.S.) 12:57 12:57 12:57 12:57 12:57 12:58 Ikindija 6:12 6:12 6:12 Ramazanski 6:11 6:11 6:11 6:11 Welcome to BDJ TRUCKING Akšam 8:30 8:30 8:30 bajram 8:29 8:29 8:29 8:28 Jacija 10:11 10:10 10:10 10:09 10:09 10:08 10:07 WE ARE HIRING... 28 29 30 1 Shawwal 2 3 4 GREAT OPPORTUNITY! 10 3:48 11 3:49 12 3:50 13 3:51 14 3:52 15 3:54 16 3:55 Apply Online or Call Today! 5:26 5:27 5:28 5:29 5:29 5:30 5:31 Senad Mujkic 12:58 12:58 12:58 12:58 12:58 12:58 12:58 Tel: (847) 588-3202 or (224) 592-5010 6:09 6:10 6:10 6:10 6:11 معركة �أحد 6:11 6:11 Battle of Uhud Fax: (224) 592-5014 8:28 8:27 (3 A.H.) 8:27 8:26 8:26 8:25 8:24 E-mail: [email protected] 5 10:06 6 10:06 7 10:05 8 10:04 9 10:03 10 10:02 11 10:01 www.bdjtrucking.com 17 3:56 18 3:57 19 3:59 20 4:00 21 4:01 22 4:02 23 4:04 5:32 5:33 5:34 5:35 5:35 5:36 5:37 12:58 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 6:09 6:09 6:08 6:08 6:08 6:07 6:07 8:24 8:23 8:22 8:21 8:21 8:20 8:19 12 10:00 13 9:58 14 9:57 15 9:56 16 9:55 17 9:54 18 9:52 Juni 2016

24 4:05 25 4:06 26 4:08 27 4:09 28 4:11 29 4:12 30 4:13 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 4:15 5:38 5:39 5:40 5:41 5:42 5:43 5:44 1 2 3 4 31 5:45 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 12:59 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12:59 6:06 6:06 6:05 6:05 6:04 6:03 6:03 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6:02 8:18 8:17 8:16 8:15 8:14 8:13 8:12 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8:11 9:51 9:50 9:48 9:47 9:45 9:44 9:42 19 9:41 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

August 2016 "U mjesecu ramazanu je počelo je objavljivanje Kur'ana, koji je Uputa za ljude i jasan dokaz Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 pravog puta i razlikovanja dobra od zla." (Kur'an) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Madni Jamia Masjid Bradford, England

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 AUGUST Sevval / Zu-l-kade 1437 Islam in England Islam was de facto illegal in England until the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813. It is now the coins may have been minted simply for prestige or to facilitate trade with the expanding Moors had a noticeable influence on the works of George Peele and William Shakespeare. largest non-Christian religion, with most Muslims being immigrants from South Asia (in Caliphate of Córdoba. In the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, there is among the pilgrims In 17th-century England, there was a second wave of interest in the study of Arabic science particular Pakistan, Bangladesh and India) or descendants of immigrants from that region. wending their way to Canterbury, a ‘Doctour of Phisyk’ whose learning included Rhazes (Al- and Islamic philosophy. Arabic manuscripts were considered the key to a treasure house Professor John Makdisi’s of ancient knowledge, which led to the founding of Arabic chairs at Oxford and Cambridge .(ابن ر�شد ,and Averroes (Ibn Rushd (ابن �سينا ,According to the 2011 Census, 2.7 million Muslims live in England and Wales where they Razi), Avicenna (Ibn Sina form 5.0% of the general population and 9.1% of children under the age of five. Offa, the “The Islamic Origins of the Common Law” in the North Carolina Law Review, curiously Universities, where Arabic was taught. 8th-century King of Mercia, decided to have a coin minted with an Islamic inscription. These suggested that English common law was inspired by medieval Islamic law. The Muslim Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Zora 4:25 4:26 4:27 4:29 4:30 4:32 4:33 7 Izlazak sunca 5:52 8 5:53 9 5:54 10 5:55 11 5:56 12 5:57 13 5:58 Podne 12:58 12:58 12:58 12:57 12:57 12:57 12:57 Ikindija 5:57 5:56 5:55 5:54 5:53 5:52 5:51 Welcome to BDJ TRUCKING Akšam 8:02 8:01 8:00 7:58 7:57 7:56 7:54 Jacija WE ARE HIRING... 4 9:30 5 9:28 6 9:26 7 9:24 8 9:23 9 9:21 10 9:19 GREAT OPPORTUNITY! 14 4:34 15 4:36 16 4:37 17 4:39 18 4:40 19 4:41 20 4:43 Apply Online or Call Today! 5:59 6:00 6:01 6:02 6:03 6:04 6:05 Senad Mujkic 12:57 12:57 12:56 12:56 12:56 12:56 12:55 Tel: (847) 588-3202 or (224) 592-5010 5:50 5:49 5:48 5:47 5:46 5:45 5:44 Fax: (224) 592-5014 7:53 7:51 7:50 7:48 7:47 7:45 7:44 E-mail: [email protected] 11 9:17 12 9:16 13 9:14 14 9:12 15 9:10 16 9:08 17 9:06 www.bdjtrucking.com 21 4:44 22 4:45 23 4:47 24 4:48 25 4:49 26 4:51 27 4:52 6:06 6:07 6:08 6:09 6:10 6:12 6:13 12:55 12:55 12:55 12:54 12:54 12:54 12:54 5:43 5:42 5:41 5:40 5:39 5:37 5:36 7:42 7:41 7:39 7:38 7:36 7:35 7:33 18 9:05 19 9:03 20 9:01 21 8:59 22 8:57 23 8:55 24 8:53 Juli 2016

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Septembar 2016 "Svaki će čovjek smrt okusiti! I samo na Sudnjem danu dobićete u potpunosti plate vaše, Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 i ko bude od vatre udaljen i u džennet uveden - on je uspio; a život na ovom svijetu je 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 samo varljivo uživanje." (Kur'an) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Velika Kladuša, Bužim, Cazin i Bihać Krajina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2016 SEPTEMBAR Zu-l-kade / Zu-l-hidždže 1437 Islam in Bosnia Islam was first brought to the Balkans by the Ottomans in the mid-to-late 15th century who parts of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans where large numbers of people were converted to War in the 1990s. An estimated 1.55 million still reside in their native Bosnia and Herzegovina gained control of most of Bosnia in 1463, and seized Herzegovina in the 1480s. Over the next Islam, and remained there after independence. In other areas of the former Ottoman Empire where they constitute 40 percent of the country’s overall population. The ethnic cleansing of century, the Bosnians - composed of dualists and Slavic tribes living in the Bosnian kingdom where Muslims formed the majority or started to form the majority, those Muslims were either Bosnian Muslims during the Bosnian war caused a profound internal displacement of their under the name of Bošnjani - embraced Islam in great numbers under Ottoman rule which also expelled, assimilated/Christianized, massacred, or fled elsewhere (Muhajirs). The Bosniaks are population within Bosnia-Herzegovina, resulting in the almost complete segregation of the saw the name Bošnjanin transform into Bošnjak (‘Bosniak’). By the early 1600s, approximately predominantly Muslim by religion. There are around 3 million Muslim Bosniaks, taking into country’s religious communities into separate ethno-religious areas. two thirds of the population of Bosnia were Muslim. Bosnia, along with Albania, were the only account historic emigrations and the large diaspora that had left the country during the Bosnian Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Oktobar 2016 "O vi koji vjerujete, čuvajte sebe i porodice svoje od vatre čije će gorivo ljudi Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 i kamenje biti." (Kur'an) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Masjid Al-Jazzar Akko, Palestine

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 OKTOBAR Zu-l-hidždže 1437 / Muharrem 1438 Masjid Al-Jazzar The Jezzar Pasha Mosque, also known as the White Mosque, is located on al-Jezzar Street houses and other Crusader buildings. There is a tughra or monogram on a marble disc inside kiosk, built by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, for dispensing chilled drinking water and beverages) and inside the walls of the old city of Acre (Akko), overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It the gate, naming the ruling Sultan, his father, and bearing the legend “ever-victorious”. Adjacent a large courtyard. The mosque, that is dominating Acre’s skyline, was originally named Masjid was the project of Acre’s Ottoman governor in the late 18th century, Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar to the mosque is a mausoleum and small graveyard containing the tombs of Jezzar Pasha and al-Anwar (the “Great Mosque of Lights”) and is also known as the White Mosque because of its (“the Butcher”), who was equally famous for his cruelty, impressive public works, and defeat his adoptive son and successor, Sulayman Pasha, and their relatives. The mosque is an excellent once silvery-white dome that glittered at a great distance. The dome is now painted green. The of Napoleon at the Siege of Acre in 1799. Jezzar Pasha ordered the mosque’s construction in example of Ottoman architecture, which incorporated both Byzantine and Persian styles. Some minaret has a winding staircase of 124 steps. 1781 and had it completed within the year; it was built over former Muslim and Christian prayer of its fine features include the green dome and minaret, a green-domed sabil next to its steps (a Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Zora 5:34 5:36 5:37 5:38 5:39 5:40 5:41 2 Izlazak sunca 6:50 3 6:51 4 6:52 5 6:53 6 6:54 7 6:55 8 6:56 Podne 12:41 12:41 12:41 12:40 12:40 12:40 12:40 Ikindija 4:46 4:44 4:43 4:41 4:40 4:38 4:37 Welcome to BDJ TRUCKING Akšam 6:31 6:30 6:28 6:26 6:25 6:23 6:21 Jacija 7:46 7:45 7:43 7:41 7:40 7:38 7:36 WE ARE HIRING... 1 Muharram 1438 2 3 4 5 6 7 GREAT OPPORTUNITY! 9 5:42 10 5:43 11 5:44 12 5:45 13 5:46 14 5:47 15 5:49 Apply Online or Call Today! 6:57 6:58 7:00 7:01 7:02 7:03 7:04 Columbus Day Senad Mujkic 12:39 (U.S.) 12:39 12:39 12:39 12:38 12:38 12:38 Tel: (847) 588-3202 or (224) 592-5010 4:35 Thanksgiving Day 4:34 4:32 4:31 4:29 4:28 4:27 (Canada) Fax: (224) 592-5014 6:20 6:18 6:16 6:15 6:13 6:12 6:10 E-mail: [email protected] 7:25 7:27 7:28 7:30 7:32 عا�شوراء 7:33 تا�سوعاء 7:35 8 9 Taso’a 10 A’shora 11 12 13 14 www.bdjtrucking.com 16 5:50 17 5:51 18 5:52 19 5:53 20 5:54 21 5:55 22 5:56 7:05 7:06 7:07 7:09 7:10 7:11 7:12 12:38 12:37 12:37 12:37 12:37 12:37 12:37 4:25 4:24 4:22 4:21 4:20 4:18 4:17 6:08 6:07 6:05 6:04 6:02 6:01 5:59 15 7:24 16 7:22 17 7:21 18 7:20 19 7:18 20 7:17 21 7:15 Septembar 2016

23 5:57 24 5:58 25 5:59 26 6:00 27 6:01 28 6:03 29 6:04 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 6:05 7:13 6:06 7:14 7:16 7:17 7:18 7:19 7:20 1 2 3 30 7:22 12:36 31 7:23 12:36 12:36 12:36 12:36 12:36 12:36 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12:36 4:15 12:36 4:14 4:13 4:12 4:10 4:09 4:08 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 4:07 4:05 5:58 5:57 5:55 5:54 5:52 5:51 5:50 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5:48 7:14 5:47 7:13 7:11 7:10 7:09 7:08 7:06 22 7:05 23 7:04 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30

Novembar 2016 "Neće se čovjek ni pomjeriti na Sudnjem danu sve dok ne bude bio upitan za četvero: za svoj Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 život - kako ga je proveo, za svoju mladost - kako ju je iskoristio, za svoj imetak - kako ga je 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 stekao i u šta ga je trošio, i za svoje znanje - da li je radio po njemu?" (hadis) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mesquita Central de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 NOVEMBAR Safer / Rebiu-l-evvel 1438 Islam in Portugal According to the the National Statistical Institute of Portugal, there were, according to the south of the Mondego river, but particularly in the Alentejo and the Algarve) was under Muslim reception halls, a prayer hall and an auditorium. The Central Mosque has formed a council 1991 census, 9,134 Muslims in Portugal, about 0.1% of the total population, even though the control, and was called Al-Garb Al-Andalus (the west of Al-Andalus). The town of Mértola, in the to provide financial and others services to needy members of the local Muslim community. Islamic Community of Lisbon presently points to a number of about 40,000 according to 2011 Alentejo, possesses the only partial remains of a mosque, converted to a Catholic church after Although permission to build the center was requested in 1966, it was not granted until 1978 estimates. Most of the Muslim population originates from the former Portuguese overseas the Reconquista. The Central Mosque of Lisbon is the main mosque of Lisbon, Portugal, serving after the 1973 oil crisis and the Arab oil-producing nations gained increasing economic and provinces of Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, most of the latter having their origin in the the capital city’s Islamic community. It was designed by architects António Maria Braga and political status. The structure was finally inaugurated in 1985. Indian subcontinent. From 711 to 1249, much of the territory of what is now Portugal (namely João Paulo Conceição; its external features include a minaret and a dome. The mosque contains Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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Zora 5:12 5:13 5:14 5:16 5:17 5:18 5:19 6 Izlazak sunca 6:30 7 6:31 8 6:33 9 6:34 10 6:35 11 6:36 12 6:37 Election Day Veterans Day Podne 11:36 11:36 (U.S.) 11:36 11:36 11:36 (U.S.) 11:36 11:36 Ikindija 2:59 2:57 2:56 2:55 2:54 Remembrance Day 2:53 2:53 Welcome to BDJ TRUCKING Akšam 4:40 4:39 4:38 4:37 4:36 (Canada) 4:35 4:34 Jacija WE ARE HIRING... 6 5:58 7 5:57 8 5:56 9 5:55 10 5:54 11 5:53 12 5:53 GREAT OPPORTUNITY! 13 5:20 14 5:21 15 5:22 16 5:23 17 5:24 18 5:25 19 5:26 Apply Online or Call Today! 6:39 6:40 6:41 6:42 6:44 6:45 6:46 Senad Mujkic 11:37 11:37 11:37 11:37 11:37 11:38 11:38 Tel: (847) 588-3202 or (224) 592-5010 2:52 2:51 2:50 2:49 2:48 2:48 2:47 Fax: (224) 592-5014 4:33 4:32 4:31 4:30 4:30 4:29 4:28 E-mail: [email protected] 13 5:52 14 5:51 15 5:50 16 5:50 17 5:49 18 5:49 19 5:48 www.bdjtrucking.com 20 5:27 21 5:28 22 5:29 23 5:30 24 5:31 25 5:32 26 5:33 6:47 6:48 6:49 6:51 6:52 6:53 6:54 Thanksgiving Day 11:38 11:38 11:39 11:39 (U.S.) 11:39 11:39 11:40 2:46 2:46 2:45 2:44 2:44 2:43 2:43 4:27 4:27 4:26 4:26 4:25 4:25 4:24 20 5:47 21 5:47 22 5:46 23 5:46 24 5:46 25 5:45 26 5:45 Oktobar 2016

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Decembar 2016 "Mi ćemo, zaista, oživiti mrtve i Mi pišemo sve što su pripremili i tragove koje su iza sebe Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 ostavili; sve smo Mi to pobrojali u Knjizi Jasnoj." (Kur'an) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Edinburgh Central Mosque Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2016 DECEMBAR Rebiu-l-evvel / Rebiu-l-ahir 1438 Edinburgh Central Mosque Edinburgh Central Mosque (officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre combines traditional Islamic features with some Scots baronial style. Prior to its construction, 31 July 1998 the mosque was opened by his son Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, who was also of Edinburgh) is located on Potterrow near the University of Edinburgh central area and the there was no mosque large enough to fulfill the needs of the Muslims in the city centre of the project patron. The Islam Festival Edinburgh (IFE, and also known as the Discover Islam National Museum of Scotland. The mosque and Islamic centre was designed by Dr. Basil Al Edinburgh. As the Muslim population increased a large mosque became viable. Eventually, Exhibition) is part of the Edinburgh Festival. It is held in this mosque during the entire Bayati, and took more than six years to complete at a cost of £3.5m. The main hall can hold the project was able to purchase land from the City Council with the proviso that an existing month of August every year. The mosque is opened to the public. over one thousand worshippers, with women praying on a balcony overlooking the hall. listed building be preserved and used. The project ran into funding difficulties; but these The mosque holds chandeliers and a vast carpet, with very little furniture. The architecture were solved when King Fahd of Saudi Arabia donated 90% of the project’s total cost. On Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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25 5:54 26 5:55 27 5:55 28 5:55 29 5:56 30 5:56 31 5:56 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 7:17 7:17 7:18 7:18 7:18 7:18 7:18 1 2 3 4 5 Christmas Day Boxing Day (U.S. & Canada) 11:53 (Canada) 11:53 11:54 11:54 11:55 11:55 11:56 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2:46 2:47 2:47 2:48 2:49 2:50 2:51 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 4:27 4:28 4:29 4:29 4:30 4:31 4:32 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 5:50 5:51 5:51 5:52 5:53 5:53 5:54 26 27 28 29 30 1 Rabi’ II 2 27 28 29 30

Januar 2017 "A ima i onih koji govore: 'Gospodaru naš, podaj nam dobro na ovom svijetu i dobro na onom Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 svijetu i spasi nas patnje u vatri!'" (Kur'an) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sultan Ahmet Camii Istanbul, Turkey

Photo: © Al-Anwar Designs. Photograph by Riad K. Ali. 2017 JANUAR Rebiu-l-ahir / Džumade-l-evvel 1438 Islam in Turkey During the Muslim conquests of the 7th and early 8th centuries, Arab armies established the Crete and Cilicia in 961, Cyprus in 965, and pushed into the Levant by 975. The Byzantines the rise of subsequent, smaller, rival Turkic kingdoms such as the Danishmends, the Sultanate Islamic Empire. The Islamic Golden Age was soon inaugurated by the middle of the 8th century successfully contested with the Fatimids for influence in the region until the arrival of the Seljuk of Rum, and various Atabegs who contested the control of the region during the Crusades by the ascension of the Abbasid Caliphate and the transfer of the capital from Damascus to Turks who first allied with the Abbasids and then ruled as the de facto rulers. In 1068 Alp Arslan and incrementally expanded across Anatolia until the rise of the Ottoman Empire. According Baghdad. The later period saw initial expansion and the capture of Crete (840). The Abbasids and allied Turkmen tribes recaptured many Abbasid lands and even invaded Byzantine regions, to religiosity polls, 97.8% of the population identifies as Muslim, mostly Sunnis (about 72%), soon shifted their attention towards the East. During the later fragmentation of the Abbasid rule pushing further into eastern and central Anatolia after a major victory at the Battle of Manzikert and Alevis of the Shia denomination form about 25%. There is also a Twelver Shia community and the rise of their Shiite rivals the Fatimids and Buyids, a resurgent Byzantium recaptured in 1071. The disintegration of the Seljuk dynasty, the first unified Turkic dynasty, resulted in representing 3% of the population. Source: World FactBook & Wikipedia.org Nedjelja Ponedjeljak Utorak Srijeda Četvrtak Petak Subota

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29 5:48 30 5:47 31 5:47 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 7:07 7:06 7:05 1 2 3 12:05 12:05 12:06 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3:22 3:23 3:24 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 5:03 5:05 5:06 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6:22 6:23 6:24 1 Jumada I 2 3 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Februar 2017 “Gospodaru moj, popravi mi vjeru moju u koju se pouzdam, ovaj svijet na kojem živim i ahiret Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 na koji se vraćam, i neka mi život bude povećanje svakog dobra, a smrt olakšanje od svakog 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 zla." (hadis) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Januar 2016 Februar 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 31

Mart 2016 April 2016 WBICC Al-Masjid Al-Haram Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Chicago, IL, USA Makkah, Saudi Arabia Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Maj 2016 June 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Dome of the Rock (Al-Aqsa) Šarena Džamija Qolşärif Mosque 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Jerusalem, Palestine Tetovo, Macedonia Kazan, Russia

Juli 2016 August 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 31

Septembar 2016 Oktobar 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Cologne Central Mosque Madni Jamia Masjid Velika Kladuša, Bužim, Cazin i Bihać 1 2 3 1 Cologne, Germany Bradford, England Krajina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Novembar 2016 Decembar 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Masjid Al-Jazzar Mesquita Central de Lisboa Edinburgh Central Mosque Akko, Palestine Lisbon, Portugal Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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