Essays on Ramadan

The non-western cultural ritual that I chose to research and write about is Ramadan. This is a ritual that is well known and is practiced by over 1.6 million Muslim people around the world. Specifically in places such as Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This practice in particular caught my attention due to its month long duration and its deep cultural roots and traditions that might seem very hard to follow for people from outside cultures. The month long ritual is ...

When an American goes to a Muslim restaurant to eat food in the daytime, and they see that it is closed. The first thing he would say is something like this: "Oh! Man, I forgot this month is Ramadan, and they are closed during the daytime."In six hundred and fifty anno domini when our Prophet Muhammad was doing his meditation for one month in Mountain Hira. He saw that angel Gabriel was coming towards him and told him that almighty Allah has commanded to celebrate Ramadan. Ramadan is a ...

As Holy Month of Ramadan is here, and I want to throw some light on what RAMADAN is all about. It is believed that Ramadan is month of QURAN. Quran was sent to Prophet Muhammad, May peace be up on Him during this month, it is book of ALLAH and guidance for humanity. In this month, Quran is read by all Muslims around world and they try to implement these teachings into day to day lives. One of five pillars of Islam is FASTING, starting from dawn to dusk. One can have a little food before ...