7 Muslims? You bet we’ll help!
While it’s the season of Lent for Christians, it’s Ramadan for the Muslim community. There are about 2,000 Muslims living in Michigan’s 28 correctional facilities, but only 7 of them reside in the Upper Peninsula’s Marquette Branch Prison. First an explanation of Ramadan, provided by Britannica. Ramadan, in Islam..the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting. It begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon. For Muslims, Ramadan is a period of introspection, communal prayer ( ṣ alāt) in the mosque, and reading of the Qur ʾ ā n. God forgives the past sins of those who observe the holy month with fasting, prayer, and faithful intention. This week, an HFP client emailed the HFP office from Marquette with an urgent request. “Since the beginning of Ramadan the staff have been less than co-operative with regards to providing their Ramadan food packs and meals in a timely manner. They are receiving their meals and packs sometimes several