Over 1 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating a holiday today. Eid-al-Fitr celebrates the end of the month of Ramadan — it occurs the first day after Ramadan ends. Fasting during Ramadan, with no food or drink from sunrise to sunset for 30 days, is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam — the core tenets […]
Ramadan is now safely two weeks in the rear-view mirror, or about 45 weeks in the future, depending on your perspective. Near the end of Ramadan, I came across two interesting articles on eating and hunger. They were not written with each other in mind, and neither seemingly had anything to do with Ramadan. However […]
What is Ramadan? A couple weeks ago at the beginning of Ramadan, we didn’t explore or discuss the key element of observing the month: fasting. Muslims who are observing Ramadan fast from sunrise to sunset. No food, no water, no gum — nada. Every day for (roughly) 30 days. We’re also supposed to use this […]