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Ramadan

Ramadan with IMATX

In Ramadan we try to break fast together as often as we can. Last year there was an iftar or suhoor almost every weekend, hosted by families, students, masjids and friends. This page keeps the record, so we remember what worked and can do it again. Marhaban ya Ramadan.

IMATX families eating iftar at round tables in the garden of the Islamic Center of Lake Travis, February 2026

Coming next

Ramadan 1448 — around February 2027

Ramadan 1448 is expected to start around 8 February 2027, depending on the moon. The Wednesday halaqa will pause during Ramadan. We will share the iftar schedule in the WhatsApp group first, then here.

Would your family like to host an iftar, or can you help cook? Please tell us early, so we can spread the dates across the month.

Offer to host or help

Ramadan 1447 — February and March 2026

The story
Iftar and suhoor
7 gatherings
Weeks of Ramadan
Every week
Meals at ICLT
350
Eid al-Fitr
29 Mar

Before Ramadan, on 1 February, Sheikh Abdul Hakim Hamid helped us prepare at a Family Halaqa. Then the iftar started, one or two every week. Most were potluck with Indonesian food. Terima kasih to every host and every cook.

  • Welcoming Ramadan iftarTodd family home · hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Todd · Indonesian potluck · 6 pm
    Week 1
  • Iftar with Indonesian studentsGateway Apartments Community Room, Austin · IMATX & Permias UT Austin · Indonesian food · 6 pm
    Week 2
  • Sharing our meals with the Lake Travis communityIslamic Center of Lake Travis, Austin · IMATX & ICLT · 350 Indonesian meals, on the ICLT Ramadan Bazaar night · 6 pm
    Week 2
  • Raindrop Foundation iftar dinnerRaindrop Community Center, Round Rock · hosted by Raindrop Foundation · Mediterranean food · 6 pm · just come, enjoy, and meet people
    Week 3
  • Family iftarGateway Apartments Community Room, Austin · IMATX · Indonesian potluck · 6 pm
    Week 3
  • Grand SuhoorMuse Cafe, Cedar Park · hosted by Yeni's Fusion · 10 pm
    Week 4
  • Housewarming iftarGeorgetown · hosted by the Riska Aguilar family · Indonesian potluck · 6 pm
    Week 4
  • Eid al-Fitr celebrationRound Rock · IMATX · 11 am, then open house visits in the following days
    Eid
Big group of Indonesian students and families posing together indoors
With Permias UT Austin, 27 Feb
IMATX volunteers cooking together for the ICLT iftar
The cooking crew for ICLT, 28 Feb
Ibu-ibu standing together on the grass at dusk
Ibu-ibu at ICLT on the bazaar night
Tables and chairs set up in the ICLT garden before iftar
Setting up the ICLT garden
IMATX volunteers serving Indonesian food at the ICLT iftar
Serving iftar at ICLT
Large group photo of the IMATX community at the Eid al-Fitr celebration
Eid al-Fitr, 29 Mar

What we learned for next year

Spread the dates

One or two a week

An iftar every weekend kept people together all month. Mix IMATX iftar with invitations from friends like Permias and Raindrop.

Potluck works

Everyone brings a dish

Most family iftar were potluck. Cook more rice than you think. At the first one it ran out!

Give back

One iftar for others

Hosting 350 people at ICLT was our biggest gotong royong. It needs volunteers to prepare two weekends before. See the report.