Very interesting thoughts from a new found blogger friend! Always interesting to hear from people of other faiths how they react around Ramadan and other Muslim festivals.
Today Turkey and other Muslim countries are celebrating the last day of Ramazan Bayramı. Even though I’m not a Muslim, and I am not even living in a Muslim country at the moment, somehow I’ve felt the spirit of Bayram since the arife, the eve of the holiday and the last day of Ramadan. I’ve turned on my holiday mood and I… even prepared cookies. My inner self has been wearing her best bib and tucker and was kind of surprised to see people going to work, acting normally on Monday morning … as I was expecting to see them celebrating. I felt like it was Christmas! I felt happy that it was someone else’s “Christmas”. Even though the “basic” reasons of celebrating Christmas, Ramazan Bayramı or other religious feasts are different, we cannot deny their common message: be human, love others. So why not to celebrate humanity with others? I can…
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