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Ramadan in a time of Covid-19
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Ramadan in a time of Covid-19

Having just celebrated Easter in lockdown, we feel with our Muslim friends as they start Ramadan this week in the midst of the restrictions of our Covid-19 world. The joyful…

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Fasting
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Fasting

Ramadan has come and gone for another year. Gone are the long daylight hours without food or drink, the clogged traffic as everyone rushes for home before the evening break-fast,…

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Community Rituals
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Community Rituals

It was about 1pm, the time for Friday prayer, on Friday 18th March, 2005. The Muslim community lined up in orderly rows, following the leader in standing, bowing, prostrating, as…

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Dhikr: in the heart of faith
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Dhikr: in the heart of faith

Constance Padwick, introducing her classic book Muslim Devotions, commented, “In Islam, as in any other faith, a stranger desiring not to remain a stranger could best feel the pulsing life…

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