Holiest month, Ramadan begins !Everyone lives through Ramadan in peace and tranquility.
Posted 26.08.2009 13:47:39 UTC
Updated 26.08.2009 13:47:39 UTC
The Agenda
Friday, 21 August 2009
Author: Prof. Ramazan Gozen from Ankara's Çankaya University
The holy month of Ramadan begins today in Turkey and the entire Islamic divide. Fasting which is voluntary abstinence from eating, drinking and involvement in any kind of sexual activity is one of the tenets of Islam. Ramadan, like in other Muslim countries, is also marked with joy and enthusiasm. The Ramadan process can be divided into three stages: The first is the preliminary period when preparations are made for the forthcoming holy month. Going shopping for the iftar and sahur meals, the first eaten to break fast and the latter eaten before fasting begins, holding iftar dinners for guests and relatives and the psychological readiness embarked upon before fasting begins are some of these preparations. The second stage involves the religious, social and cultural activities such as the iftar dinner to break fast and the tarawih prayers at night. The third stage is the Ramadan Festival or the Sugar Festival as some call it which comes right after it and which is going to be marked this year between September 20-22, 2009.
Ramazan is holy because it is the month in which pious Muslims fast and because the Koran was revealed to the prophet Muhammad. Laylat el qadr, the night of power or Kadir gecesi in Turkish, which is believed to be more blessed than a thousand months and the holiest of holy nights, is in the last ten days of Ramadan. That is why, alongside fasting, Muslims also recite the Koran during Ramadan trying to understand its meaning and interpret what it says. Those who have the financial means give out more alms during Ramadan than they do at other times. TRT
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