During Ramadan, 30 Mosques In 30 Days

September 16, 2009

Author: Solange De Santis

Source: Religion News Service

http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/during_ramadan_30_mosques_in_30_days/

How many spiritual pilgrimages also include food reviews?

During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, New Yorkers Aman Ali, 24, and Bassam Tariq, 22, are breaking the 12-hour daily fasts at iftar dinners and prayer services at a different mosque each evening.

Their blog, “30 Mosques in 30 Days” (http://30mosques.tumblr.com), includes cell-phone photos of plates of rice and fried catfish, but Ali and Tariq said they are making discoveries about New York’s Muslim communities—and about themselves—that go deeper than a bowl of soup.

On Monday (Sept. 14), as the duo visited Masjid Khalifah in Brooklyn, they said the “30 Mosques” project wasn’t planned and slowly took on a life of its own after Ramadan started on Aug. 21.