Well to keep you busy right from the start, I just read and loved:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05gilbertson.html?ref=world
It's a great article about what different countries troops take with them to eat. You can click on Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine... fascinating.
Some weeks ago Laura-on-Borneo told me she was leaving work early to fetch Anya from Kindergarten, "To avoid the Ramadan traffic jams". Sabah is of course part of Malaysia, an Islamic state. Sabah itself has a mix of Islam, Christianity, and all sorts of other religions who all seem to get along just fine.
This week Ramadan was brought a bit closer to me when I was bleating in one group about not being able to drink tea or coffee in the morning (due to Lyme Disease medication) and one especially dear student looked at me. In that moment I remembered she is Moslem and asked if she is fasting. What a silly question, of course she is. In discussions this week à propos Thilo S., it struck me that I really do not know very much about Islam, or Islamic beliefs or customs.
So, for a tiny introduction I took a look at
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/Islam.htm
... maybe you will enjoy that too.
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