1.0Hungry for Ramadanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/ramadanShahed Amanullahhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/ramadan/author/samanullahFor Our Children: Ramadan Traditions in America - Hungry for Ramadanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gaPrD0nZ6O"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/ramadan/2007/09/ramadan-traditions-in-america.html">For Our Children: Ramadan Traditions in America</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/ramadan/2007/09/ramadan-traditions-in-america.html/embed#?secret=gaPrD0nZ6O" width="600" height="338" title="“For Our Children: Ramadan Traditions in America” — Hungry for Ramadan" data-secret="gaPrD0nZ6O" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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For anyone who has had the opportunity to travel through the Muslim world during Ramadan, you may be familiar with how festive a holiday it is, mirroring in some ways the pervasive sounds and colors of the American holiday season. Ramadan in America, however, is quite different then that. We are still in the process…http://blog.beliefnet.com/ramadan/files/import/ramadan_lights.jpg