How Non-Muslim Host Families can Better Prepare and Support Muslim Students During Ramadan
My dearest friend is an high school exchange student local coordinator for ACES ExploreTheWorld.org in Toledo, OH. As one of very few Muslim host families, she was asked to make a presentation to help Non-Muslim host families learn the basics about Ramadan and offer tips how they can be better prepare and support their Muslim students during our month of fast.
Alhumdulilah (Praise be to God), we felt blessed with this opportunity to share our beloved deen (way of life) with others and felt a profound responsibility to do the best we could. But, making this presentation was a bit of a challenge, because non-Muslims will be presenting it to other non-Muslims throughout the country. So, we tried to keep things simplistic, yet comprehensive.
Since we worked so hard on this presentation, I wanted to showcase it here to gain your feedback. So, please share your comments and kind critiques below.
InshaAllah (God willing), we look forward to adapting this very specific presentation into a more general “What is Ramadan?” for non-Muslims–something I’m sure my own extended family and all the non-Muslims who visit us would greatly appreciate.
The du’a on our last slide states:
All praise and thanks belong to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. May there be the blessings and peace upon the last Prophet Muhammad, his family and companions and all those to follow his footsteps. May Allah accept our work, such as this presentation, as a humble act of worship to please Him and Only Him. May He forgive us if we misrepresented anything in our deen (religion or way of life) and/or led anyone astray, as this was not our intention and any errors or faults are of our own, for You are Perfect, The Most Merciful, Most Beneficent. ~Ameen.
[I learned how to embed our Powerpoint presentation via slideshare through this quick tutorial.]
