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Muslims Observe Ramadan

Updated: August 16, 2010 11:02 IST
Muslims cook Bubur Lambuk at Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Bubur Lambuk is a type of Malay rice porridge that is cooked and distributed free to the public in many places during the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Muslims cook Bubur Lambuk at Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Bubur Lambuk is a type of Malay rice porridge that is cooked and distributed free to the public in many places during the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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A Muslim woman prepares Bubur Lambuk at Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Bubur Lambuk is a type of Malay rice porridge that is cooked and distributed free to the public in many places during the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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A Muslim vendor prepares drinks in plastic bags for sale at a Ramadan bazaar in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Dozens of Ramadan bazaars have sprouted up in the city to sell food for fasting Muslims during this holy month of Ramadan. Muslims will take the food home for them to break their fast at dusk. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Muslim vendors prepare food for customers at a Ramadan bazaar in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Dozens of Ramadan bazaars have sprouted up in the city to sell food for fasting Muslims in this holy month of Ramadan. Muslims will take the food home for them to break their fast during dusk. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 photo, Fordson High School football players meet before the start of football practice just after 11 p.m., in Dearborn, Mich. For Muslim teammates who make up a majority of the Fordson squad in the large Arab community it's a way for the players to practice football and their faith namely, the daytime fasting ritual that accompanies the 30 day holy month of Ramadan that started last week. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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A Lebanese worker, hangs a decoration banner reads Happy Ramadan, for the celebration of the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan at an Arab bank window, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 9, 2010. Muslims traditionally decorate their homes, shops and streets for the holy month of Ramadan, which started on Wednesday or Thursday.Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A Palestinian child sleeps on the shoulder of his father as he shops during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, near Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Tara Todras Whitehill)
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A Palestinian girl watches as her mother picks out sweets during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, near Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Tara Todras Whitehill)
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The sun silhouettes the entrance of a mosque on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Clouds hover above the Mecca Masjid, right, during the holy month of Ramadan in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
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A Palestinian artist displays carved stones with the images of the Dome of the Rock mosque and verses from the Quran, outside his shop in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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Syrian men, read verses from the Quran, the Muslims holy book, on the first Friday in the holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque, in old Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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With the Dome of the Rock Mosque seen in the background, Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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An Iraqi man prepares traditional sweets in the back room of a bakery in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, left and Recep Kizilcik, Mayor of Trabzon, right, attend an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn to dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, will hold the first liturgy there on Sunday. Local officials say thousands of Orthodox Christians from Greece, Russia and Georgia will attend mass to be held at a historic monastery in Turkey for the first time since 1923. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
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Asian Muslims working in Bahrain break their fast Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, at a community dinner inside a Hamad Town, Bahrain, mosque as the evening call to prayers begins. Many mosques host iftars , the meal breaking the daylong fasting that is part of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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A Palestinian Muslim boy prays in a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Children holding empty utensils stand in a queue waiting for food to be distributed in the holy month of Ramadan, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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Children holding empty bowls stand in a queue waiting for food to be distributed in the holy month of Ramadan, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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Indian Muslims pray at at a mosque in Allahabad, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Indian Muslims pray at at a mosque in Allahabad, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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A Muslim man and his sons offer Friday prayers as another waits for charity to help run the local Islamic school or madrasah at Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Black Kite birds fly around as Indian Muslims sit on the steps after offering Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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An Indian Muslim boy takes shade behind men offering Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Indian Muslims gather during Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)