Ramadan’s final week prompts reflections from Istanbul
August 5 2013 by Madeline Arthington, Baptist Press
(EDITOR’S NOTE: As Ramadan, the annual Islamic month of fasting, enters its final week, IMB writer Madeline Arthington shares her hope that Muslim friends will one day celebrate with her before Christ, the Lamb of God.)
ISTANBUL (BP) – “This reminds me of a fusion of the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C., and a carnival,” I thought as I looked out at the thousands of families and groups of friends spreading picnic blankets on the grass and unpacking carefully prepared packages of dinner. Others possessively claimed a limited supply of picnic tables.
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