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Table of Contents The Ramadan Fasting (sawm)   Almsgiving (zakat)  Reading of the Qur’an   Night of Qadr   Lent Prayer  Fasting  Almsgiving  Yom Kippur Refrain from Work  Visit to Synagogue   The Kol Nidrei  The Morning Service   The Musaf Service   The Afternoon Service   The Neilah   Attire  Almsgiving   Conclusion Fasting is total or partial abstinence from food, drink, or any gratifications for religious, ethical, or health purposes or reasons. The latter two purposes (ethical and health) are not the subject of this writing. Fasting for religious purposes is the theme of this writing, therefore, we will try to describe each fasting practice as independent of the other. In this writing, we will consider fasting from the perspectives of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The description of the practices will be in descending order (that is, Ramadan, Lent, and Yom Kippur ...

Table of Contents Who are the Anishinaabe? Ningaabi-anang –  The Evening Star of the West Odjiig-anang – The Fisher Star Reclaiming Summer from Kababoonka In Anishinaabe’s cosmology, legend has it that Odjiig, a hunter disguised as a fisher ascended to the sphere of Sky Fathers and gave his life to reclaim Niibin, the summer season from Kababoonka. In this writing, we will give a narration of this ancient Anishinaabe mythology. Who are the Anishinaabe? For clarity’s sake, we would like to explain the difference between ‘Anishinaabe’ and ‘Anishinaabeg’. ‘Anishinaabe’ is used to describe the people while ‘Anishinaabeg’, which is the plural form, is used to indicate membership and belonging to that group. The term ‘Anishinaabe’ describes linguistically and culturally related indigenous peoples residing in  today’s United States and Canada. [i]  They have for the past 1000 years lived in the North American Great Lakes area and the Canadian Shield. Memberships to this cul...

Table of Contents Christology/Soteriology Jesus – Son of God Son of God in the New Testament Son of God by Self-identification Son of God and Messiah Son of God – Miracle Worker Son of God used by Demons Son of God used by men Son of God used by heavenly Voice Son of God in the Fourth Gospel – According to John In series 1,  ‘Isa – Jesus in the Qur’an: A Messenger and a Prophet, not crucified nor killed (Jesus Factors in Islam and Christianity)’ , the argument was that there are two different narratives of the person of Jesus as noted in both the Qur’an and the Bible contributed to their different assumptions. In series 1, the term ‘factor’ was defined based on mathematical and some algebraic expressions. Factors are one of two or more numbers, or the like when multiplied together result in a given product. For example, 8 and 5 are factors of 40. In this light, therefore, viewed the Islamic interpretation of the person of Jesus as one factor, and the Christian interpretation of the...