Ramadan, which began Monday with a monthlong fast, also calls on the Muslim faithful to immerse themselves in scripture — ideally by reading the entire Qur’an.

In 2009, Hussein Rashid, a professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary, noticed rabbis using Twitter to highlight snippets of Torah text to celebrate Shavuot, when Jews say Moses received God’s word at Mount Sinai.

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