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Month of ‘RAMADHAN’

in Muslim World
Officers of Malaysia's Islamic authority use a telescope to perform "rukyah", the
sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Teluk Kemang, south of Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia on August 20, 2009. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar
calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan,
Islam's holiest month during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk.
Muslims attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting
month of Ramadan at Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on
August 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas)
The Dome of the Rock, or Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, one of the holiest sites in
Islam, is seen on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem through festive lights for
Ramadan on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) 
A Musaharati, dawn awakener, lights up a lantern before touring the streets
with his drums to wake observant Muslims for their overnight 'sahur', last
meal, before the day's fast in Sidon's Old City in south Lebanon just before
dawn August, 2009. (REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho) 
A Muslim woman prays at the Istiqlal mosque on the first day of the holy
fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 22, 2009 or Ramadan 1, 1430
in the Hijriah lunar calendar. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)
A Kenyan child reads verses from the Quran on the fifth day of the Muslim
holy month of Ramadan in a Madrassa in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, Aug.
26, 2009. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim) 
A Palestinian boy plays with a sparkler on the eve of the Muslim holy
fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City on August 21, 2009.
An Egyptian man makes a traditional dessert known as "kunava",
which is popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a shop in
Cairo August 25, 2009. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih) 
A Yemeni therapist applies Kohl to the eyes of a youth, in line with local
tradition on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan at a Zaidi (Shiite)
mosque in Sanaa's Old City on August 23, 2009. (KHALED FAZAA/AFP/Getty
Images)
Muslims attend Friday prayers on the first day of the holy month of
Ramadan at a mosque in Beijing, China on August 21, 2009.
(REUTERS/Grace Liang) 
A Muslim man arranges bowls of a traditional dessert called kheer
for sale outside a mosque before the evening prayers on the first
day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir,
Indian-administered Kashmir on August 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Mukesh
A child stands among worshippers attending prayers on the eve of the first
day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at Al Maerkaz Al Islami mosque
in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia on August 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Yusuf
Ahmad) 
A man arrives for the evening prayers of the first day of the Islamic
fasting month of Ramadan at Merkez mosque in Duisburg, Germany
on August 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender) 
Muslims shop for Iftar, the sunset dinner that breaks the fast at Chalk Bazaar,
the traditional Iftar market in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.
(AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) 
Palestinian vendors prepare trays of sweets for Ramadan, in
a shop in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Aug. 23,
A cannon fires as part of the ceremony that ends the second day of the
Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside Jerusalem's Old City
Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) 
A Muslim man adjusts his cap in a mirror at a mosque on the first day of the
holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-administered
Kashmir on August 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta) 
A Muslim man adjusts his cap in a mirror at a mosque on the first day of the
holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-administered
A Palestinian woman walks near the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's old city where traditional
festive lights are displayed ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on
A Muslim boy takes a nap during evening prayers called "Tarawih" at
Mosque of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Tripoli, Libya on August 22, 2009. (
REUTERS/ Amr Abdallah Dalsh ) 
An Iraqi baker prepares sweets for the holy month of Ramadan in
Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) 
A Muslim family eats, breaking their fast in a giant tent on the first day of the
holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey on August 21, 2009.
(REUTERS/Osman Orsal) 
Kashmiri Muslim offer prayer on a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir,
Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, Aug.24, 2009. (AP Photo/Mukhtar
Khan) #
Pakistani women line up for subsidized sacks of flour provided by the
government for the holy month of Ramadan, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 in
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) 
A Palestinian potter engraves the expression in Arabic "Ramadan
Karim" as he puts the final touches to a clay lantern at his workshop
in Gaza City on August 17, 2009, ahead of the start of the holy
month of Ramadan. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) 
A man takes a nap in between prayers at a mosque in Kabul,
Afghanistan on August 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) 
Jordanian workers make qatayef, a pancake-like shell filled with nuts or sweet cheese,
fried in oil or baked, then dipped in sugary syrup in Amman, Jordan on Sunday August
23, 2009. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh) #
Egyptian women walk past paper lanterns used as decorations
during Ramadan, on a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt on
A Pakistani Muslim arranges food stuff for Iftar, a time to break the fast, on
the first day of Ramadan, as a child looks on at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan
on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) 
A taxi driver reaches for a glass of apple juice after sunset in Kabul,
Afghanistan on Sunday Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) 
Muslim men break their fast at a mosque in the Saudi Red Sea port
of Jeddah on August 23, 2009. (Omar Salem/AFP/Getty Images) 
A Muslim man sits before breaking his fast on the second day of the holy
month of Ramadan at a mosque in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern
state of Tripura on August 24, 2009. (REUTERS/Jayanta Dey) 
A crescent moon is seen behind the King Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in
Amman, Jordan on August 23, 2009, during Ramadan.
Muslim children pray at a mosque during the month of Ramadan in
Manila, in the Philippines on August 23, 2009. (JUNIE
DOCTOR/AFP/Getty Images) 
A boy sells dates in Amman, Jordan on Saturday August 22 2009.
(AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh) 
An unidentified woman helps her son to kiss the iron chain at the entrance of the
Naqashband Sahib shrine in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-administered
Kashmir on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
A vendor of headscarf's waits for customers in the 4th day of
Ramadan at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 25, 2009.
(Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images) 
A man prays at a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) 
Yateem Children
breaking fast,…
Sholat Taraweh
“Ramzan
Mubbarik”

Remember Me in Ur
Prayers.

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