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Like every year, SFSU MSA is organizing its Ramadan Fast-a-Thon next week. The whole concept behind Fast-a-Thon is to get non-Muslims to fast one day and then have them break their fast with Muslims and other non-Muslims.
Fast-a-Thon helps create awareness about the issue of hunger, and also about the Islamic way of life [...]

Yesterday US Congress passed a bill H.RES.635 recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and expressing respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world on this occasion, and for other purposes. The bill was unanimously approved 376-0 on October 2, 2007.
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This year like every other year, muslims in U.S were very unhappy at the start of the Ramadan as most of them believed that the 1st of Ramadan was decided without the sight of the moon. Moon sighting is a long held religious tradition followed by muslims worldwide. I talked earlier about it and said [...]

This Ramadan is little different from the one last year. I wasn’t that motivated, this year I am, last year I dont even recall doing anything different in Ramadan, it was same old, same old! Past 4 years and 5 months have been really a drag for me, until now… It’s different this time thanks [...]

Okie I was in a very horrible shape, had flu and it seemed like it won’t go away no matter what. Finally I think its gone, nyquil worked and I am happy about that.
The other thing that worried me was that I wont be able to fast, i never miss any day of fast [...]