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Showing posts with label Muslim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muslim. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

IFTAR ~ A Good Tradition For The Family

A colleague of mine came to work dressed exceptionally well today with a lovely long-sleeved shirt (he told me it's made in the Brunei Style) with cuff-links and small detachable gold buttons.

I asked him, "what's happening?" and he told me, that this the evening, he was going to break fast (he's Muslim and it's the Fasting Month of Ramadan) with some colleagues.

He explained that this is called 'Iftar' and families take turns to invite other families to join them in the evenings during the Fasting Month of Ramadan.

I think this is a very good tradition where families get a chance to meet one another. 

I've learnt that...
The more we see one another, 
the more familiar we'll be with one another, 
BUT the less we see, the stranger we'll feel, 
and we should not feel like strangers... 
... especially in a family.
~ 49 years old, 2011 Aug 16, 1306hrs

Friday, April 09, 2010

Abraham ~ Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham

Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Arabic: إبراهيم‎, Ibrāhīm) is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and the Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the book of Genesis. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because of the progenitor role that Abraham plays in their holy books. In both the Jewish tradition and the Quran, he is referred to as "our Father". Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider him father of the people of Israel. For Jews and Christians this is through his son Isaac, by his wife Sarah; for Muslims, he is a prophet of Islam and the ancestor of Muhammad through his other son Ishmael, born to him by Sarah's handmaiden, Hagar. Read on…

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