Prayer Time Calendars in Belgium

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 0 Comment
Prayer Time Calendars in Belgium - Belgian Muslims eventually no longer be difficult to perform salat. Therefore, the Association of Islamic mosques and Belgium have agreed to determine the calendar time of prayer. The verdict ending the long debate about the times of prayer in Belgium.

Director of the Islamic Cultural Center in Brussels, Khalid Al-Ibri said the participants have taken the historic decision which would then be adopted into the calendar of unity. Islamic Jurisprudence Council, the Muslim World League in Makkah, has approved the calendar. "Thank God, this calendar will no longer trigger a difference," he said.

According to Khalid, the issue of Muslim prayers have made it difficult when carrying out its obligations. The condition is more noticeable when running the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. "This issue is finally over. Muslims are no longer experience a difference of one clock that triggers the problem," he said.

According to the 1989 census, the number of Belgian Muslims reach 234 815 inhabitants. Belgian Muslims generally live in large cities like Brussell, Charleroi and others. The majority of Belgian Muslims are immigrants from some Muslim and Arab countries.

According to research each one thousand Muslim residents there are three or four Muslim native Belgium. It is estimated the Muslims first came to Belgium after World War II.

Nearly 90 percent of Belgian Muslims as immigrant workers (foreign). Only 5 percent of that status as a student. The rest, 60 percent of their average age about 25 years and under. Their economic condition is quite good, if compared with their relatives in his native country.

Their average income per month between 1300-1600 U.S. dollars. The total revenue does not include family allowances, retirement benefits and others. The phenomenon of unemployment among some young people in the country, often used as an excuse for racist groups hostile to Islam and the Muslims.