Interfaith Ramadan Feast

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slowly simmered chicken and scalloped potatoes, both of which I always associate with Sunday after church dinners with my then Jewish sister’s <b>Christian</b> in-laws. To be sure that I honored the other half of the major Indian religious tradition, I made some turmeric and orange tea. And by mixing it with green and white tea I feel that I also paid homage to both <b>Buddhism</b> and <b>Shintoism</b>. Finally, I had a Chinese fortune cookie to celebrate <b>Confucianism</b>.</p><p id="274d" type="7">Topped off with Buddhist & Shinto tea and Confucianist fortune cookies!</p><p id="a0df">Then later I realized that I had not taken pictures to illustrate the article I was writing for <a href="https://medium.com/one-table-one-world">One Table, One World</a>. You can read that article here:</p><div id="6e2e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/my-personal-interfaith-mini-feast-de55fb6da685"> <div> <div> <h2>My Personal Interfaith mini-Feast</h2> <div><h3>On the 11th day of Ramadan I broke my fast with a truly interfaith meal.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*9FsNIKEfCCgz5osxv5quHw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="456b">Since I still needed those pictures, I got together with friends and we broke the fast again with another similar feast. Maybe my pizzas were not quite as saucy, and they were a bit bare looking because of that, but we shared wonderful time together and their

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wonderful food made up for my pizza fiasco. And more importantly —</p><h2 id="f628">We again celebrated the fact that God makes it clear in the Quran: ALL PEOPLE OF REAL FAITH ARE ONE CONGREGATION</h2><p id="abfc"><i>[21:25] We did not send any messenger before you except with the inspiration: “There is no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone.”</i></p><p id="6db0"><i>[21:92] Your congregation is but one congregation, and I alone am your Lord; you shall worship Me alone.</i></p><p id="117e"><i>[23:51] O you messengers, eat from the good provisions, and work righteousness. I am fully aware of everything you do.</i></p><p id="4580"><i>[42:13] He decreed for you the same religion decreed for Noah, and what we inspired to you, and what we decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold this one religion, and do not divide it.”</i></p><p id="ab01">If you enjoy reading about interfaith interactions and dialogue you might enjoy reading about my experience growing up in an interfaith family:</p><div id="ba7e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://theascent.pub/what-i-learned-growing-up-in-an-interfaith-family-796769bb28b5"> <div> <div> <h2>What I Learned Growing Up In An Interfaith Family</h2> <div><h3>My personal experience and lessons learned from growing up in a multi-faith family</h3></div> <div><p>theascent.pub</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*W7RiDTTLq-IwCVMbnIV2Dw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Interfaith Ramadan Feast

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

One of the things that first drew me to the Quran was it’s clear statement that you can call your faith by any name, but if you are truly wanting to worship and serve the Creator of us all, then by God’s mercy we are all the same congregation. So in keeping with that understanding I decided to create an interfaith fast breaking fairly early in this last Ramadan (2019).

To break my eleventh Ramadan fast for 2019, I started with a Matzo Pizza made loosely following a recipe given to me by Pamela Fender.

Jewish pizzas? Delicious!

I also ate a scrumptious Indian eggplant dish called Baingan Bharta that my dear Muslim sister Nargis in Mumbai makes and taught to her kids, my neighbors and writers for this publication. It seems that both Muslims and Hindus cook this dish.

Muslim and Hindu and Christian foods? Again, delicious!

And I had some slowly simmered chicken and scalloped potatoes, both of which I always associate with Sunday after church dinners with my then Jewish sister’s Christian in-laws. To be sure that I honored the other half of the major Indian religious tradition, I made some turmeric and orange tea. And by mixing it with green and white tea I feel that I also paid homage to both Buddhism and Shintoism. Finally, I had a Chinese fortune cookie to celebrate Confucianism.

Topped off with Buddhist & Shinto tea and Confucianist fortune cookies!

Then later I realized that I had not taken pictures to illustrate the article I was writing for One Table, One World. You can read that article here:

Since I still needed those pictures, I got together with friends and we broke the fast again with another similar feast. Maybe my pizzas were not quite as saucy, and they were a bit bare looking because of that, but we shared wonderful time together and their wonderful food made up for my pizza fiasco. And more importantly —

We again celebrated the fact that God makes it clear in the Quran: ALL PEOPLE OF REAL FAITH ARE ONE CONGREGATION

[21:25] We did not send any messenger before you except with the inspiration: “There is no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone.”

[21:92] Your congregation is but one congregation, and I alone am your Lord; you shall worship Me alone.

[23:51] O you messengers, eat from the good provisions, and work righteousness. I am fully aware of everything you do.

[42:13] He decreed for you the same religion decreed for Noah, and what we inspired to you, and what we decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold this one religion, and do not divide it.”

If you enjoy reading about interfaith interactions and dialogue you might enjoy reading about my experience growing up in an interfaith family: