What is it like to be a practicing Muslim at Ramadan?
If you’re a practising Muslim, you’ll be preparing for the start of the month-long Ramadan which this year is expected to begin on Monday. If you’re not a Muslim, you probably have little idea what is involved.
This is because so much media coverage of Islam is about the small number of fundamentalists and not about the overwhelmingly majority who are not simply law-abiding but dedicated, devoted and disciplined.
Ramadan is always a challenge, since it involves abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, but this year it’s going to be one of the toughest in the 33- year cycle as explained in this article.
I am not a Muslim; I am not religious; but I follow the daily experience of one of my Muslim friends on her Facebook page and I see how hard, but how rewarding, it is.