PHOTOS: Ramadan begins for Muslims across the globe
June 28, 2014
Bahrainis look for the sliver of a new moon that would indicate the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, while standing on the shore of the Persian Gulf at sunset in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Ramadan, for observant Muslims, is a time of fasting, prayer and charitable giving. Bahraini officials announced Ramadan would begin Sunday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain Ramadan )
A bird flies towards the minaret of a mosque in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing themselves for the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians Ramadan )
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JUNE 28: Indonesian muslims perform prayers known as Tarawih at Istiqlal Mosque the largest mosque in Southeast Asia on June 28, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calander is a month of fasting, prayers and recitation of the Quran. (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images) ( 451373274 )
South African muslims gather on the beach front in Cape Town on June 28, 2014, as they try to spot the new moon, signalling the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, Muslim believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. JENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 531184743 )
A Pakistani vendor prepares special vermicelli delicacies for the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. Muslims usually increase their religious activities during the Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) ( Pakistan Ramadan )
Palestinian shop for imported traditional Ramadan lanterns at a market in Gaza City on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Starting on Sunday, Muslims around the world will mark the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan where the devout fast from dawn until dusk. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Palestinians Ramadan )
People walk inside a shopping mall adorned with Ramadan decorations as they prepare for the holy month of Ramadan which start tomorrow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Ramadan, for observant Muslims, is a time of fasting, prayer and charitable giving. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) ( Mideast Emirates Ramadan )
An Iraqi displaced woman who fled with her family from the Iraqi northern city of Mosul, prays, after receiving a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book and prayer carpet, from a Kurdish local charity organization, a day before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in Khazer area outside Irbil north Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the worldís estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( APTOPIX Mideast Iraq Ramadan Glance )
Yemeni men read verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in the Grand Mosque in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The Muslim holy month begins this weekend, with Yemen starting a day before most other countries, and is marked by daily fasting from dawn to sunset. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) ( Mideast Yemen )
An Afghan street vendor who sells watermelons, waits for customers ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Ramadan )
Chinese Muslims attend a prayer session to mark the start of Ramadan at the Niujie mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing, China, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world start observing the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. Chinese calligraphy at top reads "Qadim" referring to the earliest Islamic sect in China which has followers in several ethnic minority group. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ( China Ramadan )
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JUNE 28: Indonesian muslim women reading Qoran during prayers known as Tarawih at Istiqlal Mosque the largest mosque in Southeast Asia on June 28, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calander is a month of fasting, prayers and recitation of the Quran. (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images) ( 451373284 )
A Kurdish volunteer of a local charity organization arranges prayer carpets to be distributed a day before the starting of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in Irbil north Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the worldís estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq Ramadan Glance )
A Palestinian vendor sells dates for Ramadan at a market in the West Bank city of Jenin ahead of Ramadan on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing themselves before the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians Ramadan )
Pakistani Muslim devotees clean the floor of a mosque ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Karachi on June 28, 2014. Muslims are preparing for Islam's holy month of Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, and during which they fast from dawn until dusk. ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 531174700 )
A painter fixes a ladder to whitewash the outer wall of a mosque in preparation for upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. Muslims usually increase their religious activities during the Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) ( Pakistan Ramadan )
A Pakistani vendor packs dates for a customer at the date market in Rawalpindi on June 28, 2014. The start of the holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful abstain from eating from dawn to sunset, is determined by the sighting of the new moon. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 531171641 )
A Pakistani Muslim buys a praying rug at a shop as he prepares for Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, July 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. Muslims usually increase their religious activities during the Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) ( Pakistan Ramadan )
A Pakistani resident tries on a cap at a stall ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Karachi on June 28, 2014. Muslims are preparing for Islam's holy month of Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, and during which they fast from dawn until dusk. ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 531174619 )
A Pakistani vendor arranges praying beads which worshippers buy for Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, July 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. Muslims usually increase their religious activities during the Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) ( Pakistan Ramadan )
A Palestinian vendor displays headscarfs on mannequins for sale at a shop ahead of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing themselves before the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( Mideast Palestinians Ramadan )
Veiled women walk past oriental pastries on display in the storefront window the "Le Coeur d'Alger" ('Heart of Algiers') bakery in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 28, 2014, ahead of the start of Ramadan on June 29. Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, will begin on Sunday in France as well as in Saudi Arabia and many Arab countries. MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531177653 )
A Palestinian vendors displays food, including pickled vegetables and olives, in preparation for Ramadan at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing themselves for the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) ( Mideast Palestinians Ramadan )
An Afghan street vendor holds melons as he wait for customers on a road side near a market ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Kabul, on June 28, 2014. During Ramadan, Muslim believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 531180779 )
Afghan residents buy watermelons from a roadside stall near a market ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Kabul on June 28, 2014. Muslims are preparing for Islam's holy month of Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, and during which they fast from dawn until dusk. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 531178524 )
A Yemeni street vendor displays fruits for sale to be eaten after breaking the fast on the first day of the month of Ramadan in the a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) ( Mideast Yemen )
Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, June 28, 2014. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) ( Indonesia Ramadan )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - JUNE 28: Indonesian muslims perform prayers known as Tarawih at Kauman Great Mosque on June 28, 2014 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calander is a month of fasting, prayers and recitation of the Quran. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 451371254 )
An Iraqi displaced man, left, helps two Kurdish volunteers from a local charity organization as they carrying bags with copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book and carpets prayer to be distributed a day before the starting of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in Khazer area outside Irbil north Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the worldís estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq Ramadan Glance )
Bahrainis look for the sliver of a new moon that would indicate the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, while gathering on the shore of the Persian Gulf in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Ramadan, for observant Muslims, is a time of fasting, prayer and charitable giving. Bahraini officials announced Ramadan would begin Sunday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain Ramadan )
Thousands of Turkish people break their fasting on June 28, 2014 at the Blue Mosque square during the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul. During Ramadan, Muslim believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images ( 531187459 )
Palestinian children carry traditional Ramadan lanterns in Gaza city, on June 28, 2014, during a demo against the seige on the Gaza strip, a day before the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531186553 )
Chinese Muslim men leave after attending a prayer session to mark the start of Ramadan at the Niujie mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing, China, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world start observing the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ( China )
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JUNE 28: Indonesian muslim women walks prepares for prayers known as Tarawih at Istiqlal Mosque the largest mosque in Southeast Asia on June 28, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calander is a month of fasting, prayers and recitation of the Quran. (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images) ( 451373268 )
An Iraqi displaced man, Ammar Ahmad, 35, who fled with his family from the Iraqi northern city of Mosul, reads the Quran, Islam's holy book after he received it from a Kurdish local charity organization, a day before the starting of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in Khazer area outside Irbil north Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Ammar a Sunni man said that he can't go back to Mosul after he threatened to be killed by al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) because he married from a Shiite woman. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the worldís estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq Ramadan Glance )
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