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Link to all Ramadan 2011 posts Ramadan Around the Globe Series: Bosnia 2010 | Egypt 2010 |  Qatar 2010, 2009 | Saudi (Mecca) 2010 | Sweden 2010 SAUDI (Mecca) 2010 There is no better place for I'tikaaf during the last ten days of Ramadan than the Haram in Mecca. I ... Read More »

There is no better place for I’tikaaf during the last ten days of Ramadan than the Haram in Makkah. I truly miss those days. What better place is there than hometown of Islam where the Qur’an was first revealed? I'tikaaf in Makkah is one of those truly beautiful experiences, which you cannot simply describe with words but you must live through in order to truly get a taste for it. Read More »