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“A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.” --Edwin Louis Cole
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“Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.” --Tariq Ramadan
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![Ramadan Mubarak 2017 Quotes,Ramadan Wishes,Ramadan Greetings,Ramadan Greeting Cards,Ramadan Status,Ramadan Messages,Ramadan SMS]( "“We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.” --Tariq Ramadan")
“We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.” --Tariq Ramadan
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![Ramadan Mubarak 2017 Quotes,Ramadan Wishes,Ramadan Greetings,Ramadan Greeting Cards,Ramadan Status,Ramadan Messages,Ramadan SMS]( "“Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.” --Nat Turner")
“Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.” --Nat Turner
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![Ramadan Mubarak 2017 Quotes,Ramadan Wishes,Ramadan Greetings,Ramadan Greeting Cards,Ramadan Status,Ramadan Messages,Ramadan SMS]( "“The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.” --Tariq Ramadan")
“The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.” --Tariq Ramadan
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