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The Fasting of Ramadan: A Time for Thought, Action, and Change! “Fasting in Ramadan develops in a person the real spirit of social belonging, of unity and brotherhood, and of equality before God. This spirit is the natural product of the fact that when people fast they feel that they are joining the whole Muslim society (which makes up more than one fifth of world’s population) in observing the same duty, in the same manner, at the same time, for the same motives, and for the same end. No sociologist or historian can say that there has been at any period of history anything comparable to this powerful institution of Islam: Fasting in the month of Ramadan. People have been crying throughout the ages for acceptable ‘belonging’, for unity, for brotherhood, for equality, but how echoless their voices have been, and how very little success they Continued on page
Vol.17 Issue No.191
Mitt Romney’s Jerusalem Speech Panders to the Right-Wing New America Media, Op-ed, William O. Beeman, Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech to the Jerusalem Foundation in Israel on Sunday qualified him to be President—of Israel. His observations were as remarkable for what he didn’t say as for what he did. They could have been written by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, for they parallel his thinking almost exactly, and they were sharply at odds with current U.S. policy toward the region. Mr. Romney didn’t mention the Palestinians (although he later made an invidious comparison of Palestinians to Israelis that was deemed racist by Palestinian officials), nor did he offer any remarks on the settlements in the West Bank—arguably Israel’s most pressing problem. Indeed, he explicitly called for Americans not to engage in any criticism of Israel at all, since Israelis seemed to be capable of self-critique.
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The Value of Good Health Muslim Voice By Fathiyyah Bashshar
Good health is the greatest boon. It is a gift of God to man. It is one of the most precious possessions of man. Good health is a blessing. All the beauties appear attractive to a man so long he is healthy. For an unhealthy man there is no charm in this world. Health is the greatest wealth for a man. We all are quite familiar with the famous lines of Alexander Pope, Continued on page
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