Month: Summertime Heat and Ramadan

month: Ramadan is a month of mercy, blessing and purity, according to Hamilton Spectator. During this lunar month of 29 or 30 days, Muslims partake in no food or drink from about an hour before dawn to sunset. It's not all a bleak picture. Here in Hamilton, this is a 17-hour daily fast in summertime heat. Mothers and fathers who have witnessed the images of skeletal children in Yemen, Sudan and Somalia, shed tears of gratitude to Allah when they sit in their homes at iftaar the meal eaten at sunset to break the Ramadan fast with their children at the table set with a wondrous abundance of dates, milk, fruit and snacks. For the remaining 7 hours of the day, Muslims eat, drink non-alcoholic of course! socialize and pray to Allah God for themselves, their families, their communities, their cities, their country, and give thanks and prayers for peace and security in the world where others who are not as fortunate experience indescribable suffering. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.