Understanding Ramadan

Alan Hallmart  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Apr 2022
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Understanding Ramadan

A photo from the collection ‘Ramadan’ taken in Hilal ibn Ali, Aran o Bidgol, Iran photo: Mostafa Meraji on Unsplash

The UK has become much more multicultural in past 60 years. In 1961, Muslims made up approximately 0.1% of the UK population, today it stands at approximately 5.2% or around 3.4 million, increasing the likelihood that they will become our friends, neighbours and colleagues.

Ramadan is a time of increased focus on growing spiritually closer to Allah and as such is a great opportunity to start a faith conversation with our Muslim friends.

Whilst we may not think so at first thought, we often have more in common with Muslims than we do with our secularist friends. That does not mean that Muslims and Christians necessarily see eye to eye on every topic, as we all know. Through my conversations with friends and neighbours and in my work with missional movement Operation Mobilisation (OM), I have found that there are five main areas where Muslims object to the Christian faith:
1. The Trinity;
2. That Jesus is the son of God;
3. That Jesus is God;
4. That Jesus died on the cross;
5. That the Bible is authentic and true.

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