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Thanks for visiting!(Day 10, for Wednesday, 10 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Muslims in the ancient capital of China

Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. The [...]

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(Day 9, for Tuesday, 9 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Bringing God’s Love

Hong Kong, often called the “Pearl of Orient” is composed of Hong Kong Island and some associated areas on the coast of China. Hong Kong’s Muslim population includes 90,000 native Hong Kong residents (Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Malaysian, etc) and about 110,000 Indonesian migrant labourers. [...]

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(Day 8, for Monday, 8 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Peaceful despite religious and economic division

In 2007 Ghana celebrated its 50th year of independence from Great Britain. The country has experienced a long period of political stability and economic growth – which unfortunately has yet to reach all segments of society. Long periods of drought have [...]

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(Day 7, for Sunday, 7 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Turning to Christ
As we follow Jesus, our identity and our sense of belonging are affected. Questions arise: Who am I? What are my values? New believers from Muslim backgrounds have similar questions. But in addition they also suffer intense psychological pressures that may include [...]

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(Day 6, for Saturday, 6 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Surviving in Turkmenistan, Central Asia

Turkmenistan is not often a subject of the international news media but it did get some attention in December 2006 when its eccentric president, Saparmurat Niyasov, suddenly died. Turkmenistan is an independent nation between Iran and Uzbekistan. Almost 90% of its territory [...]

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(Day 5, for Friday, 5 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
The challenge: Winning the Bugis of Indonesia

The vast majority of the Bugis in Indonesia (over 3.5 million) live on the south-western peninsula of Sulawesi Island. For the Bugis people, Islam is part of their ethnic, as well as, their religious identity. They have a reputation of [...]

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(Day 4, for Thursday, 4 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Islam in 21st century Europe
Much of Spain was under Islamic rule for almost seven hundred years. Al-Andalus, was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims, or Moors, up until the fall of the last Islamic stronghold, the city of [...]

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(Day 3, for Wednesday, 3 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)

The colourful Bakhtiari people number between 750,000 – 1,000,000 and live in south western Iran in the clean and beautiful highlands of the Zagros Mountains. The Chahar Mahal Province has plains, snow-capped mountains, valleys, rivers and dense forests. It is the habitat of leopards, sheep [...]

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(Day 2, for Tuesday, 2 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
Be among the first to pray by name for the Shahran tribe

For the majority of Saudi Arabians their association to a tribe is a significant part of their social and cultural identity. People from Western countries have lost much of the experience of belonging to a [...]

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(Day 1, for Monday, 1 September, coinciding with Ramadan 2008)
A Muslim Woman’s empty dreams

Tonight, the respected businessman Sharif is going to visit Nazira’s family. On the telephone he said he wants to talk with her father about a new car, but Nazira knows the real reason for his visit. Nazira is already 24 years old [...]

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