Promoting a more environmentally friendly month of fasting, Green Muslims group in Virginia has welcomed Ramadhan with an eye on worshipping and the other on protecting the environment.
Starting Ramadhan fasting on April 2, Green Muslims group has launched an online toolkit to raise environmental awareness and encourage activism among fasting Muslims.
“We’re turning, during this holy month, inwardly, to focus on our religion, to focus on God, to focus on improving ourselves,” said Sevim Kalyoncu, Executive Director of the non-profit Green Muslims, Yale Climate Connections reported.