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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 6, 1962
Moslem Students Begin Feast
By Safynaz Kazem
Ramadan, the Moslem holy month ends today. Tomorrow, 50 Moslem students will begin celebration of the "Eid," the three-day Moslem feast which follows Ramadan.
Early in the morning they will gather at the School of Religion to face east and pray the "Eid Prayer." After the prayer they will have their first "morning" breakfast in 28 days. For four weeks the Moslem students have had breakfast at sunset.
RAMADAN IS THE FASTING month of Islam, in the Hejra lunar calendar. For almost thirty days, from the moment they sighted the new moon in the sky or heard confirmation of its appearance from the radio, devout Moslems have abstained from food, drink and other physical pleasures from dawn to sunset.
The fast is one of the five obligations of Islam. The other obligations are: saying, "there is no God but God, and Mohammed is 'Its prophet,' praying five times a day, paying alms, and making one pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca.
RAMADAN HAS DEVELOPED its own social traditions. In Cairo, Egypt, at the Fishawy Cafe at Al-
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At dusk, the mosques are illuminated. The streets become crowded Visits, feasts and entertainment as well as prayer continue through the night.
During Ramadan, the movies have special late performances. "Htfar," the evening breakfast, and "Sehur," the meal taken just before dawn, become a regular part of each day's activities.
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EVEN THE CHILDREN take part in the celebration of the fast. They can be seen with their parents, much later than usual. In many of the outlying districts they make contributions to the evening activities by carrying gay colored lanterns while singing the traditional Ramadan song, "Wahaee ya Wahaee."
The festivities which follow the fasting are not the most important aspect of Ramadan. The idea of the fasting is not to give a sharper appetite for the evening meal, but rather to give the participants an idea of the sufferings of the poor, and to stimulate self-control.
FASTING DOES NOT mean merely abstaining from food. It means avoiding anything which might harm others. A sense of equality is also seen, when the rich and the poor, the high and the low, all share the same experiences.
The Koran, the Moslem Holy Book, was revealed to the prophet Mohammed during the month of Ramadan. It stipulated that all Moslems should fast a month. However, anyone who was ill or on a journey could fast a similar number of days at a later date. Those who could not fast at all were directed to feed a poor man, if they could afford it.
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One of the Far East's acknowledged spokesmen for the democratic idea, General Carlos Romulos, will lecture on "The Crisis the Free World Faces." Tuesday, March 13, at 4 p.m., in Swarthout Recital Hall.
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