The New Colonialism?

FASTING FOR JUSTICE

Ramadan, the month of fasting within Islam, begins today.

A time to step back and pray...
A time to work for justice....
A time of self-sacrifice....
A time to look inwards....
A time to decide what really matters...

Within the Hebrew scriptures the prophet
Isaiah speaks of the kind of fast that God
wants...'The kind of fasting I want is this:
Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke
of injustice and let the oppressed go free.'

In a diverse city how might people from all
faiths and none catch the vision of Ramadan
and of Isaiah...the fast of relationship-building
and social justice...That's the kind of fast
we need...especially as tens of thousands in
Pakistan see their lives washed away in the
flood waters....

Ramadan Mubarak.........

GLOBAL VOICES.....

A cooperative blog that foregrounds hidden or marginalised
stories and voices....

Where do we get our information from?
How do we make up our mind who to listen to?
Whose voices are heard most loudly?

Global Voices reminds us that we always have to
decide who to listen to when we think about faith
in the city...

Who do you listen to and why?

http://globalvoicesonline.org