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Why Fasting Is Good for Democracy

Zealots at the Gate

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The Importance of Fasting and Ramadan

The month of Ramadan is meant to reconnect you to family, but also to the poor. There's an aspect for Muslims of understanding and seeing the poor. When we're when we're hungry, we learn things about ourselves. So these things are intertwined that to fast is to open yourself up to these other practices.

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