This year, Musa Maliki, a 28-year-old Malawian living in South Africa, found himself immersed in a Ramadan and Eid unlike any other. As the sacred month unfolded, justice and solidarity with the civilians of Gaza dominated the sentiments of Muslims in the country like in much of the world. For Maliki and many others, it was not merely a time of personal devotion but a collective awakening to the plight of the Palestinian people. “Muslims were urged to pray and fast for the end of the suffering of the people of Palestine. Some employers provided television sets at our workplaces to enable us to…