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Muslim community observes a month of fasting
By Rabindra Rooplall
A month of fasting began yesterday for the Muslim community as Ramadan commenced. The Muslim tradition of fasting involves abstaining from food, water and other everyday comforts.
Although the month focuses on self-reflection and control, many practitioners choose to look beyond their deprivation and give to charities.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days according to the visual sightings of the crescent moon, according to numerous biographical accounts compiled.
Muslims are called upon to use this month to re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. They are to make peace with those who have wronged them, strengthen ties with family and friends, do away with bad habits; essentially to clean up their lives, thoughts, and feelings.
During Ramadan, every part of the body must be restrained. The tongue must be restrained from backbiting and gossip, Muslims say.
Therefore, fasting is not merely physical, but is rather the total commitment of the person’s body and soul to the spirit of the fast. Ramadan is a time to practice self-restraint; a time to cleanse the body and soul from impurities and re-focus one’s self on the worship of God.
The eyes must restrain themselves from looking at unlawful things. The hand must not touch or take anything that does not belong to it. The ears must refrain from listening to idle talk or obscene words. The feet must refrain from going to sinful places. In such a way, every part of the body observes the fast.
Following the month of fasting, there is the festival of Eid, with plenty of food to break the long fast.
The month of extreme moderation- which falls at different times each year because it is based on the lunar calendar – teaches the “idea of cultivating self-control.”
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) and Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana extend Ramadan Mubarak to all Guyanese, especially, the Muslim Community.
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