Najeeba Syeed, El-Hibri chair and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg, recently joined 鈥淪tate of Belief,鈥� Interfaith Alliance鈥檚 weekly radio show and podcast, to speak about her background and what the broader interfaith and American community can learn from the teachings of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
鈥淚 think the most beautiful thing about [Ramadan] really is the emphasis on building our social fabric with one another, gathering and thinking about, 鈥渨hat is the power of self-regulation and self-control?鈥� Self-control over food and also our capacity to not express anger,” she said.
鈥淲hile it is a deeply spiritual practice for Muslim, it鈥檚 also one where we spend a lot of time in community 鈥� It is a time where we want to be open to other communities. This is often our interfaith season. It is meant for doors to be open.鈥�
Sometimes during the second men’s soccer practice of the day, Ahmed Gobana ’12 will start to have muscles cramp up on him. Sherif Soud ’13 starts to get a little shaky and feels especially dehydrated.