Ramadan

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A New Ramadan

By Kirsten Hemmy | May 23, 2020

This year’s Ramadan promised to be different before it started.

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Muslim Like Me

By KtBniks | September 16, 2009

One night nearly a month ago, Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq had what Ali calls  “an insanely random idea: What if we prayed at a different mosque every single day…

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Better Than a Thousand Months

By Ashley Makar | September 14, 2009

The holiest night of the year for a Nuyorican Muslim.

"I realized I could follow the progress of my fast by keeping an eye on the moon every night..."

Hunger Is God’s Food

By Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey | August 23, 2009

Praise the Lord and pass the leftovers—but not before the end of Ramadan.

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Muhammad and Mary, Up from Common Ground

By Ashley Makar | August 22, 2009

Today, as Muslims begin fasting for the month of Ramadan, Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Christians are breaking a fifteen-day fast for the Virgin Mary. This morning was a rare coincidence of…