Fast-a-Thon

Fast-A-Thon wani taron ne da aka gudanar a watan Ramadan a makarantun jami'o'i a Arewacin Amurka don wayar da kan jama'a game da batun yunwa, da kuma hanyar rayuwar Islama da Musulmai. Kungiyoyin daliban musulmi, yawanci Ƙungiyar Dalibai Musulmi (MSA) suna samun ɗalibai na dukan bangaskiya don yin azumi na rana ɗaya bisa ga al'adun Musulunci, kuma ga kowane mutumin da ke azumi, ana yin shirye-shirye don wani adadin da za a ba da gudummawa ga sadaka a madadin mutumin da ke Azumi. Yawancin lokaci ana gayyatar su karya azumi tare da sauri Musulmai a ƙarshen ranar azumi.

Ƙungiyar Dalibai Musulmi ta Jami'ar Tennessee ta gudanar da Fast-a-Thon ta farko a cikin 2001 bayan Hare-haren Satumba 11, 2001 kuma ta kafa taron ƙasa wanda ya haɗa da ɗalibai a sama da kwalejoji da jami'o'i 230 a cikin 2006. Ana kuma gudanar da taron don taimakawa wajen kawar da kuskuren ra'ayoyi game da Islama da Musulmai. An gudanar da wani taron a Jami'ar Michigan a kowace shekara sama da shekaru goma. Sauran cibiyoyin da ke tallafawa wannan taron sune Jami'ar Florida,  Jami'ar Washington,  da Jami'ar Waterloo. 

Fast-a-Thon yanzu wani taron shekara-shekara ne da ake gudanarwa a lokacin Ramadan. Idan watan Ramadan ya fadi a waje da kalandar ilimi ta jami'o'i, MSA na iya zaɓar wani lokaci don gudanar da Fast-A-Thon. Kungiyar agaji ta duniya Action Against Hunger ce ke tallafawa shirin,  kuma ana amfani da shi a kowace shekara a matsayin wani ɓangare na kokarin tara kuɗi ga kungiyoyin agaji daban-daban. 

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