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This Ramadan, make your workplace the scenario for Dawa, especially in the current tension-filled atmosphere of misunderstandings about Islam and Muslims. Here are some ideas that can help you share Ramadan with your boss and coworkers this year.

With barely a few weeks left, there's little time for us to prepare kids for Ramadan. How can you get kids in the Ramadan mode? Here are a couple of ideas to help make it special this year.

Abu Huraira related that Rasulullah said: Many people who fast get nothing from their fast except hunger and thirst, and many people who pray at night get nothing from it except wakefulness (Darimi).

Ramadan is often accompanied by feasting. Food-binging on oily, sugary items in Ramadan is the norm in the Muslim communities. Read Healthy 7 Ramadan Tips

Muslim parents need to keep their kids' teachers informed and engaged regarding important Islamic practices and events. Here is a sample letter about Ramadan to your child's teacher.

The main purpose of fasting is described in the Quran as "so that you may attain Taqwa or God-consciousness." Fasting is thus yet another instrument for bringing us closer to our natural state, our state of Fitrah.

This is a video review of "Adam's World 9: Ramadan Mubarak", in which Adam learns about the fast of Ramadan Mubarak, as he tries himself to abstain, with great (and hilarious) difficulty from food and drink on the holy month's last day.