A Muslim’s Iftaar Schedule
http://ramadanexclusive.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-iftaar-schedule.html
My fasting and my prayers are my personal business, however, to encourage diversity and understanding of others, I am writing this Blog, God has created each one of us and expects to know each other. Knowledge leads to understanding and understanding to acceptance of a different point of view and respecting the otherness of other amounts to honoring God, for it is he who created diversity intentionally. Indeed, knowing each other mitigates conflicts and nurtures goodwill resulting in peaceful societies. (Reference Quraan 49:13).
True fasting is self-purification; and from this, a rich inner life brings about values such as justice, generosity, patience, kindness, forgiveness, mercy and empathy – values that are indispensable for the success of the community.Consciousness of behavior and vigilance over action are the most profound dimensions of fasting: the fasting of the heart focuses on the attachment to the divine.
That is when Ramadan really becomes a source of peace and solace, just as Christmas goes beyond the rituals to bring forth kindness, charity and caring. For fasting to be truly universal, its benefits must extend beyond the fraternal ties of Muslims and must extend to forging a common humanity with others. Fasting is meant to impart a sense of what it means to be truly human, and its universality is reflected by its observance in Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wiccan, Zoroastrian, other faiths and importantly the native traditions.
Last year, I had invited a people of diverse religions to my house for Iftaar, this year, Insha Allah I will visit diffrent Mosques. I have not sought permission from the Ismaili Jamaat Khana and the Bohra Mosque and I do hope I get the permission to break the fast with them.
Aug 11 – Fox TV Studios, Dallas
Aug 12 – Carrollton Mosque, Carrollton
Aug 13 – Ahmadiyya Mosque, Allen,
Aug 14 – FunAsia and friends, Richardson,
Aug 15 – Shia Mosque…, Carrollton,
Aug 16 – Deen Mohammad Mosque, Dallas,
Aug 17 – Irving Mosque, Irving
Aug 18 – Undecided
Aug 19 – Airport/Frankfurt
Aug 20 – Mosque/ Tel Aviv
Aug 21 – Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
Aug 21 – undecided
Aug 22 – Mosque, Jerusalem
Aug 23 – undecided
Aug 24 – undecided
Aug 25 – New York
Aug 26 – Richardson Mosque
Aug 27 – Ismaili Jamat Khana, Plano
Aug 28 – Bohra Mosque, Irving
Aug 29 – Madina Masjid, Carrollton
Aug 30 – Makkah Masjid, Garland
And on September 11, if Ramadan still continues, Insha Allah, I will break the fast across the Church in Florida, where they are burning the Quraan and pray for Pastor Jones good will. Can some one go there and do the right thing? Or I will be happy to make the pilgrimage, does any one has miles that can buy me the ticket to go to Florida – in the afternoon, and hope to return right back or first things Sunday Morning to do the Unityday progam in Dallas on 12th – http://www.unitydayusa.com/
About Quraan Burning:
http://mikeghouseforamerica.blogspot.com/2010/08/quraan-burning-church-and-solutions.html