Ramadan | Ramadan
Aug.21.2010
This is market day, the day I go to my favorite farmers' market, a high point on my weekly calendar. It is also the middle of Ramadan, a time of great importance to all of Islam, a time of self-purification through fasting, prayer and particular focus on self-restraint. The month of...
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Sep.20.2009
Today is the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and other Muslim countries where the new moon has been sighted, marking the beginning of the lunar month of Shawwal and the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Last year I blogged about how the holiday is...
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Aug.22.2009
Just want to say a quick but heartfelt, "Ramadan kareem!" to my Muslim readers. For those who may not be familiar with this pillar of Islam, my blog of last year offers a brief explanation.
It's the first day of Ramadan in Jordan and, since the holy month commences in accordance with...
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Sep.30.2008
Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the beginning of the month of Shawwal, begins today in Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Algeria and Egypt will begin marking the holiday tomorrow. The Islamic...
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Sep.19.2008
On the first day of Christmas, my dear lord said to me....yaddah, yaddah, yaddah...
We all know that song, or some parts of it anyway, and the feelings it evokes.
Imagine my feelings when last night I heard a presenter on ART say the words, “On the eighteenth day of Ramadan....”
I never consciously...
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Sep.01.2008
Depending on location, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan either began yesterday or begins today or tomorrow. It depends on the sighting of the new moon during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Globally, more than a billion Muslims observe Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam (the...
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