Georgetown University organized a lighting ceremony in honor of Ramadan on March 13. The Office of Campus Ministry and Georgetown Muslim Life hosted the ceremony, which commemorated the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Muslim faith. The event involved a recitation.
Georgetown University organized a lighting ceremony in honor of Ramadan on March 13. The Office of Campus Ministry and Georgetown Muslim Life hosted the ceremony, which commemorated the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Muslim faith. The event involved a recitation.
The Jesuit university recently opened Yarrow Mamout Masjid, which it described as “the first mosque with ablution stations, a spirituality and formation hall and a halal kitchen on a US college campus.