Let us also reflect more deeply on the true meaning of Ramadan; that time when we are are reminded that all Muslims are enjoined by our Creator to abstain from all eating and drinking during daylight hours. This month of fasting and spiritual reflection brings us closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and more attuned to the needs and suffering of other human beings.
Indeed, we experience the temporary discomfort of hunger and thirst each day, but the magnitude of chronic hunger in our world is truly staggering.
Consider, if you will, the following disturbing statistics:
• One in twelve people in the world is malnourished.
• Every year, 15 million children die of hunger – or more than 41 thousand a day.
• Nearly 1.3 billion human beings live on less than one dollar a day, while about 3 billion struggle to survive on less that $2 a day.
• A human being dies of hunger every 3.6 seconds.
• To satisfy the world’s sanitation and food requirements would cost only $13 billion dollars-about what the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume, each year.
In the United States of America, the wealthiest nation, some 37 million children live poverty line.
Additionally, the United States ranks only 23rd among industrial nations in child mortality.
Ramadan, to be sure, is a time of hunger for Muslims living in a suffering-and starving-world.
We encourage all Muslims, and all people of faith and conscience, to show compassion and charity to the poor and homeless.
We here at Siasat are involved in different activities during Ramadan to make our under-previlaged Muslim brothers get all the benefits of Ramadan being enjoyed by the rest of Muslims. Insha Allah!
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May our Lord accept our fast and sacrifice, and may He bring us closer to him through service to humankind.
Aameen! Summa Aameen!