Isle Muslims focus on faith for Ramadan

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 21, 2012

~~<p>Thirty days of prayer and fasting during Ramadan a year ago brought Nazeehah Khan to a deeper level of commitment to her Islamic faith. The teenager decided to wear the "hijab," or traditional Muslim head scarf, every day as a symbol of identity.</p>
<p>"Last year was a very important Ramadan for me. I graduated from high school and took a trip to the Middle East. Ramadan was a time for me to analyze myself and re-evaluate my relationship with my family and God," said Khan, 18, president of the Islamic Society at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.</p>
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Thirty days of prayer and fasting during Ramadan a year ago brought Nazeehah Khan to a deeper level of commitment to her Islamic faith. The teenager decided to wear the "hijab," or traditional Muslim head scarf, every day as a symbol of identity.

"Last year was a very important Ramadan for me. I graduated from high school and took a trip to the Middle East. Ramadan was a time for me to analyze myself and re-evaluate my relationship with my family and God," said Khan, 18, president of the Islamic Society at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Login for more...