Muslims across the suburbs and world, including members of American Muslim Community Organization in Lake in the Hills, are observing the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, charity, fellowship and reflection. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, began the eve of March 22 and continues for about 30 days at the end of which Muslim communities will celebrate with the Eid al-Fitr festival.
First, by tradition, Muslims take a drink of water and eat dates to break the daily Ramadan fast, said Farzana Nasaruddin, a board member and the social event chairwoman at the American Muslim Community Organization in Lake in the Hills.
Each year, because Ramadan is observed on a lunar cycle, its dates change, said Jamil Azzeh, president of the Lake in the Hills mosque. During Ramadan, however, worshippers perform extra nightly congregational prayers, known as taraweeh, reciting chapters of the Quran with the goal of finishing the entire book during the month.
"That may be a way to start more valuing and respect to each other, if we talk to each other" about the tenets of their respective faiths, said Farhan Rehman, a Crystal Lake mosque community leader.
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