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[10 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 76 views]
Ramadan Iftar Dinner

TACC-Madison members meet people of different backgrounds to share Ramadan iftar dinners.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. It is also the month when the relationships within and outside the community are strengthened by fasting and breaking the fast together. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims reach their spiritual climax through individual and congregational prayers and social activities.
In Turkey, like many other Muslim majority countries, it is a common practice for people to invite friends, relatives, and neighbors to …

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[29 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 482 views]
Shared Iftar Dinner

TACC-Madison members meet people of different backgrounds to share Ramadan iftar dinners.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, when Muslims fast during the day. It is also the month when the relationships within and outside the community are strengthened by fasting and breaking the fast together.
In Turkey, like many other Muslim majority countries, it has been a practice for people to invite others -friends, relatives, and neighbors- to their home and serve them the fast-breaking (iftar) dinner. Inspired by this practice, TACC-Madison members tasted the same joy of …

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[12 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 478 views]
Sharing a Ramadan Iftar Dinner

Ramadan means sharing and appreciation. If you share your meal with people, your food will be more than you need. By sharing your food you feel happiness and you understand it is easy to love all human-beings and all creatures. Therefore we shared our iftar dinner with our guests at TACC-Madison on September 5 and September 12.
Before the dinner a presentation about the meaning and importance of fasting for muslims was made.
Thanks our all distinguished guest for coming.[Show as slideshow]

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[30 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 1,460 views]
Community Ramadan Iftar Dinner

We live and feel Ramadan this year again. Sharing and appreciation are essential components of Ramadan.  Therefore we as a Turkish-American community and our guests had a Ramadan iftar dinner at Eagle Heights Community Center.
People enjoyed the delicious food which cooked by Turkish-American families and served by students. We thank the families and students for their great support.
İsmail Ferşat, volunteer member, made the following speech in Turkish about TACC-Madison.
Bugün buraya iftar programına gelen herkese çok teşekkür ederiz. Müsaadenizle Madison  Türk-Amerikan Kültür Merkezi hakkında bilgi vermek istiyorum.
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