| With a growing number of Muslims all over the world, | | | | 3. Promote your Muslim center with custom stickers |
| it has become important to build awareness for | | | | and decals. Add the center's number or official |
| Islam, its tenets, and most especially its special | | | | Website in your bumper stickers so interested people |
| holidays, one of which is the Eid al-Fitr, which occurs | | | | who see it know where to go. |
| between September and October. | | | | 4. Organize community-based activities and invite |
| Eid al-Fitr, or literally "the breaking of the fast," is | | | | non-Muslims. One way of furthering awareness during |
| observed during the end of Ramadan, a celebration | | | | Eid al-Fitr is to allow non-Muslims to observe |
| that includes prayer, charity work, and 30 days of | | | | celebrations, enabling them to gain a deeper insight of |
| fasting from sunrise to sunset. During Eid al-Fitr, | | | | Islam and reduce misconceptions about it. |
| Muslim participants put on new clothes and partake | | | | 5. Prepare loot bags that Muslim children and adults |
| of a feast with friends and family. They make | | | | can share with fellow believers and non-Muslims. |
| donations to the poor as well. | | | | Order some reusable canvas bags and have these |
| To spread awareness for Islam and Ramadan and Eid | | | | imprinted with moon designs. You can also insert a |
| al-Fitr in particular, here are some activities you can | | | | small awareness gift tag explaining Eid al-Fitr and |
| do: | | | | Ramadan. The bags will be used again and again, so |
| 1. Give out relevant literature. Your pamphlets and | | | | you can be sure your message will spread. |
| flyers should break down the principles of Ramadan in | | | | 6. Educate non-Muslims and share insights with school |
| simple, easy-to-understand language that doesn't | | | | officials to enable the offering of halal options in |
| discriminate against non-Muslims. The least thing you | | | | university and college dining halls and cafeterias. |
| can do is to antagonize people of a different faith. | | | | Religion is a choice, and a Muslim does not need to |
| 2. Establish a center to share knowledge about Islam. | | | | give up his dietary preferences when he is in school. |
| This is especially a good thing to do in universities | | | | It's also a way of making non-Muslims aware of |
| across the United States, with the rising number of | | | | religious diet restrictions and the reasons behind |
| Muslim students. | | | | these. |