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Athletes like Hakeem Olajuwon and Husain Abdullah have impressed us with their ability to keep up with fasting while playing sports during Ramadan. But professional athletes have nutritionists to help them maintain their performance during the holy month. So how about the rest of us who still need to be sharp and deliver results at the office while fasting? Here are some pointers from nutritional experts to help you finish Ramadan strong.
While intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric in this nation alone is cause for concern, on Wednesday came news of a Muslim cab driver (pictured) in New York City stabbed by a 21-year-old film student. Meanwhile, a drunk man entered a mosque in Queens, shouting at worshippers while urinating on prayer rugs. In times like these, we can’t help but feel threatened. We can’t help but ask, are we even seen as being American in this nation, or are we seen as a foreign threat or, worse, an enemy?
A New York Times piece by Bill George talks about providing incentives for businesses to invest in America.
IN THE NEWS: Besides being a month focused on spirituality, Ramadan is also a time for celebration. In Istanbul, a project called “Ramadan’da Caz” (Jazz in Ramadan) is bringing together “the essence of Ramadan entertainment with modern cultural tastes.”
IN THE BLOGOSPHERE: It might be a little premature to rename it W-halal-e Foods, but Whole Foods Market has recently started carrying its first halal frozen meals. According to an email sent by Adnan Durrani, Chief Halal Officer (yes, you read that right!) of American Halal, the Saffron Road meals will be the first halal product on Whole Foods shelves.
IN THE NEWS: MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, in a more than 12-minute tirade, blasted critics of the “inaccurately described ‘Ground Zero Mosque’” Monday, saying the issue has been blown out of proportion. He argued that efforts to block the community center’s construction are an affront on the United State’s founding principles of freedom and urged viewers to support it.
IN THE NEWS: Businesses are increasingly catering their marketing messages to Muslim consumers, according to the New York Times. The “global halal market” is estimated at $2.1 trillion annually. It appears that the marketing is mostly geared towards Muslims abroad, though. Would it make sense for these same global corporations to cater to Muslims in the United States, too?
IN THE NEWS: President Obama welcomed Muslim leaders from across the country Friday to the White House for an annual Ramadan iftar. At the event, the president threw his support behind a proposed Muslim Community Center near ground zero in New York City that has sparked national controversy. “This is America,” the president said said. “Our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.”
You’re not the only ones excited about the most celebrated of Islamic months. Here’s a smattering of big names sharing in our joy via social media…
You can’t turn on the TV these days without hearing the words Muslim and violent extremism. No shock there. But if you watched CNN today, you heard those two words used together in a new way. As in, “Moderates counter Muslim extremists.” Terrorists and their actions have eroded public opinion of Islam and Muslims. You can’t blame the media for that. You gotta blame the perpetrators, and we’ve got to get serious about it.
I have joined a group of Muslims who are abstaining from more than food, drink, and sexual activity during the daylight hours of Ramadan. We are taking the act of fasting to a whole new level: no spending money throughout the entire month. Are you up for the “Buy-Nothing Ramadan” challenge?
IN THE NEWS: Chances are you know someone who is fasting today and someone who is not. Such is life as a Muslim in America. Much of the confusion comes from a mishmash of habits and associations within the American Muslim community, as described in this article in today’s Washington Post.
The recent uproar about the construction of a mosque and cultural center near the Ground Zero site is a vivid reminder that the answer to the question of whose side we are on, let alone how disparate we really are from extremists, remains nebulous for many Americans. The most important takeaway is that we have failed as a community to distinguish ourselves from deranged, foreign belligerents misleadingly calling themselves Mujahideen
IN THE NEWS: FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged last week that an undisclosed number of agents cheated on tests regarding how to appropriately conduct domestic surveillance cases. He also told Congress the bureau’s domestic surveillance guidelines are properly applied and agents are not employing them to target people based on religion.
The web is overflowing with delicious recipes from around the world for Ramadan which is only a few weeks away. Epicurious is known for offering unique yet tasty concoctions on there website. For Ramadan the staff has compiled a set of recipes from the Arab world, selected African regions and Pakistan.
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