Conference Series: Fasting during Lent & Ramadan

Rev. Dr. David Grafton, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace

Balquis Moussa (Tunisia), English teacher and Peacebuilding student

Abdullahi Jalloh (Sierra Leone), BS and MS in Telecommunications; MA student in International Peacebuilding.  He is a Youth Leader in his country.

Rev. Grafton will share about fasting as a spiritual exercise and his experience of fasting during Lent.  Balqis and Abdullahi will explain how & why they fast & what are the fasting differences between their two countries during the Muslim feast of Ramadan.