Ramadan, which begins Thursday evening, usually is observed with fasting, prayers, spiritual reflection and gathering with others at the end of each day for a meal. But the coronavirus pandemic, which ...

Sixteen hours passed and not a drop of food or water has entered my body. Ramadan is here âÄî the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, and I, along with 1.7 billion Muslims around the world, am ...

A Pakistani man cleans a mosque in preparation for the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ...

Food blogger Anisa Karolia says she understands the meaning of Ramadan much better now she’s an adult. Ramadan (taking place this year between 22 March and 21 April) involves abstaining from food and ...

Fasting is a ritual practiced by all religions. For Christians, it happens during Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter when many abstain from eating foods of their choosing to emulate the time ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the ...

Ramadan is a month of fasting. Muslims are bidden not to eat or drink from sunrise to sunset every day, and to use the pang of hunger to remind themselves of the presence of Allah in their daily lives ...

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