The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina: Second Holiest Site in Islam

The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina: Second Holiest Site in Islam

The Prophet’s Mosque, also known as Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, is one of the most significant sites in the Islamic world. This mosque is the second holiest site in Islam, following the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. Situated in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia, it is a site of immense historical, cultural, and religious importance. Creation…

The Architectural Elements and Features of a Mosque

The Architectural Elements and Features of a Mosque

The architecture of a mosque is much more than just an aesthetic aspect. It is deeply rooted in the religious and cultural practices of Islam. Every component of a mosque has a purpose and significance, reflecting the spiritual and practical needs of the Muslim community. Let’s explore some of the fundamental architectural elements and features…

Using CloudFront request headers to speed up page loading

Using CloudFront request headers to speed up page loading

When someone visits www.prayersconnect.com, a few things happen before the page is displayed. We know our visitors come to our site to get nearby mosque info. So we “do not show” (more on this later) a typical landing page but rather display their nearest mosques with the lowest friction. How does it happen? Once someone…

NABIC’s generous contribution to Prayers Connect

NABIC’s generous contribution to Prayers Connect

The North American Bangladeshi Islamic Community (NABIC), a US non-profit organization, has announced a donation of $15,000 to Prayers Connect. Prayers Connect is building a global community platform. In addition to the financial support, NABIC will also promote Prayers Connect through its various programs and initiatives. This partnership will allow Prayers Connect to develop tools…

5 lodash functions to write clean code

5 lodash functions to write clean code

Lodash is one of the most downloaded node packages in the npm library. Basically, it is a utility library for JavaScript programming language. It facilitates JS’s functional programming with more than 200 functions which makes the workflow easier to work with arrays, objects, strings, numbers, etc. Here I have mentioned 5 of them, which I…

Sydney

Hey Zaky, look! We’re in Australia!

Assalamualaikum Australia! We are ecstatic to announce that our services are now available in Australia. The Muslims in Australia can discover mosques, prayer times & iqamah times in all the Australian cities. Alhamdulillah! Mosque officials can become admins on Prayers Connect’s Mosque Management System (MMS). Using MMS, admins can edit various info including photos, iqamah…

Prayers Connect - London

Prayers Connect is in United Kingdom (U.K.)

Alhamdulillah! There is very exciting news from our team. After months of preparations, actually traveling to London, data mining & curation, updating our core system, etc. we’ve successfully added the United Kingdom to our supported countries list. What’s available: Examples: What’s next:Our team is currently working on supporting Australia. We’ll announce it very soon, in-sha-Allah!