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the devil’s iftaar
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Aziz Poonawalla
No, not President Obama’s planned White House Iftaar! But rather, the humble samosa, a fried pastry filled with meat and/or vegetables, a staple in south Asian cooking, and as much a feature of the “default” iftaar as the date. It seems that the Islamists in control of Somalia took issue with the treat’s geometry: Al-Shabaab,…
Ramadan Rituals
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a guest post by Zahra Somani. Day 1 of Ramadan holds a lot of excitement and promise. It is the first day of a month that I, along with so many of my brothers and sisters in faith, have anticipated for the better part of the year. Beyond its significance in Islam as…
Khalid Latif, “Ramadan Reflections”
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Aziz Poonawalla
In my earlier round-up of Ramadan blogging I somehow neglected to include Imam Khalid Latif, currently the muslim chaplain for the NYPD, who is writing a series called “Ramadan Reflections“. He literally starts out with his foot in the sink!
Fasting in the sky
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Aziz Poonawalla
I suppose it’s inevitable that most blog posts during Ramadan focus on food and fasting in some way. After all, that is the defining act of piety in Ramadan. The act of fasting also tends to dominate most news stories during Ramadan about Ramadan. This story however has a twist – it’s more about the…
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