[Faith-Talk] Ramadan and other ramblings

[Kaden Colton]

Good evening,

I saw this email and thought I may give an overview of what Ramadan is.  If this brings up any questions, feel free to ask.  I would like to say that I am only one perspective and I will share the best information I have learned .

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar   During the month, there are prayers, reflection, and fasting.  Fasting starts at dawn and ends at sunset.  Fasting is for those who are able to do so.  The reading of the Quran is usual during the month, or at least read more intensely during the month of Ramadan.

Salam,

Kaden

> On Dec 7, 2019, at 9:16 PM, Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> We have a lot in common Joy. Thanks for posting. Mustafa, I love chocolate cake too. 
> 
> Warm wishes to all,
> 
> Ericka Nelson
> 
>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 6:19 PM, BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:faith-talk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ramadan 2019 was from the evening of Sunday, May 5, to the evening of Monday, 
>> June 3.  At least that's what it was in the U.S.  In 2020 it will be from 
>> Thursday evening, April 23, to Saturday evening, May 23.  Many of us on this 
>> list may not know what Ramadan is, and what you do on Ramadan.  That might be 
>> knowledge that Mustafa or any other Moslem on this list could share with us. 
>> Although I am a Christian and not afraid to say so, I am fascinated and 
>> interested in other people's beliefs and why they came to believe what they do. 
>> I know that is not exactly what this list is for.  But nevertheless, it is one 
>> of my interests.
>> 
>> I can't help but think that underneath all that bluster and bombast beats the 
>> heart of a human being who has joys and sorrows like the rest of us, has 
>> financial struggles, deals with a wife and her family and his, has neighbors 
>> and friends, has experienced successes and failures, and just wants to be 
>> respected and accepted for who he is and what he is, just like we all do.  He 
>> used to be somebody's baby, somebody's hope for the next generation.  Whether 
>> or how that hope may have been conveyed to him is something only he knows, and 
>> he knows only his perception of the matter.  Show us that side of you and we 
>> will be more than happy to embrace it.  I think deep down we all want to be 
>> loved and accepted, we want to do a worthy work with our lives, and we want to 
>> search for and find our highest calling in life and follow that calling.  We 
>> probably want to leave this world a little better than we found it, if in our 
>> own small way.  I have a friend who is emotionally unstable, and one way to 
>> deal with her is to not deal with her when she is all het up, but let her calm 
>> down and realize that she has been hurt many times by others and that she has 
>> had to fight tooth and nail for everything she has gotten in life.  However she 
>> sees herself is her reality, whether it is true or not.  It's not my job to 
>> convince her otherwise; it's my job to meet her where she is and see if I can 
>> be a healing balm to the caged angry animal she can sometimes be.  She may not 
>> see God in any other way, because she is so busy pushing back against all the 
>> people and experiences that have hurt her in her life.  I don't expect her to 
>> ever heal, and there are times I must put her at arm's length for my own safety 
>> and emotional well-being.  I am not her fixer, and I am not her savior.  But I 
>> can be her friend and be a kind, steadying influence in her circle.  I have no 
>> power to predict what effect that will have.  I know that is what I am called 
>> to do, to be kind to the hurting.  There is a reason for it.  I don't have to 
>> know what it is.  All I know is that God loves her and He will ultimately take 
>> care of her.  However it ends, it will be ok.  I think there are a lot of 
>> hurting people in the world that only know to lash out when they are cornered. 
>> They give out what they think they have gotten all their lives.  That may never 
>> change, but that's no reason I can't be kind to her if the opportunity presents 
>> itself.  I don't know Mustafa's life story and I don't have to.  One thing I do 
>> know is that he and I both like chocolate cake.  That's a starting point.  Joy
>> 
>> 
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