In Mindanao, war shatters the Ramadan

By Germelina A. Lacorte
Davao Today

DAVAO CITY — For Amirah Ali Lidasan, 33, the Ramadan is a time of peace and prayer. Sawm, or the fasting during Ramadan, is one of the five pillars of Islam, or the five “duties” every Muslim observes to practice his or her faith.The entire Muslim world celebrates it to commemorate the time when Allah revealed the first verses of the Qur’an to the Prophet Mohammed.
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