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Why they are fasting: Terry Rogers, New York City

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 5:42pm

I am doing limited fasting this week and using other means of self-denial as a way of expressing my deep sorrow for my government's criminal abuse of real or alleged political prisoners.

The warm and generous hospitality I have received in Muslim communities in the Middle East makes me want even more to return this small effort of love, and to recognize that our human kinship obliges us to behave honorably toward one another.