Beautiful Ramadan
Jakarta, Indonesia (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images)
Ramadan, the month of fasting, is a time of great joy throughout the Muslim world. At the end I have put some pictures of scenes from around the globe. The pictures are from a collection on the Boston Globe website.
Krista Tippett also did a very nice program this Sunday on her wonderful NPR radioshow called Speaking of Faith, where each week some faith group is highlighted. In this Sunday’s program, titled Revealing Ramadan, a number of Muslims from all over USA (and some from elsewhere) shared their stories. The stories were about Ramadan and also about their journey to Islam or, for some, back to Islam.
Alee Ramadhan Sr. 65 years ago speakingoffaith.publicradio.org
There are stories of also sharing their experience with non-Muslims. Steven Longden in Manchester UK talks about his journey to becoming a Muslim and then later discovering that his great, great, great grandfather converted…
