Have you ever been interested in participating in the Islamic month of Ramadan? This is your chance to fast with us! On Tuesday 12th June, 2018, Muslims in Victoria will be fasting from 2:48am – 9:19pm and we want you to join us!
What does that look like? Muslims abstain from food and water for that time period. But we also abstain from actions such as backbiting or being disrespectful to others, or listening to music with a vulgar message or connotation. It’s about purifying the body and the mind.
But more importantly, it’s about giving back. It’s about recognizing how much we all have and should be grateful for. It’s a time when Muslims once a year are able to step into the shoes, if only a little, of people without life’s necessities.
We’re inviting you to fast with us and then break your fast with us as well! On Tuesday, the MSA (Muslim’s Students Association) will get together to break their fast together with amazing food, and we invite you to do so as well; and that is weather you fast the entire day or not. We know how hard it can be to abstain from food for over 16 hours, but we do hope that you will challenge yourself.
We hope you fast with us! If you are interested, please go to this link and save yourself a spot for an amazing dinner on the evening.
This event is completely free! However, in theme with this event, we are also raising some money for Our Place Society. This local organization works to “bring a sense of belonging to Greater Victoria’s most vulnerable citizens. They provide a home, nourishment and hope through living, sharing, learning and worshipping together.”
We hope you will support our efforts buy supporting our Go Fund Me page. The donation is not mandatory, but we hope you will consider a donation of at least $10.00. This would be about the amount that lunch that day would have cost you if you were not fasting with us! We hope you will consider and help our efforts to raise money for this organization.