In this photograph taken on August 10, 2010 an official from the
State Islamic University (
STAIN), uses a telescope to observe the moon after sunset from the coast of
Madura in East Java province of
Indonesia on the eve of Ramadan. The exact dates of the start and the end of
Islam’s holy month Ramadan depend on the sighting of the new moon. Muslims observe the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar by abstaining from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset during Ramadan. The fast is one of the five pillars of
Islam.Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims.
AFP/ Getty Images / AhmadPakistani flood-affected people sleep outside their tents at a makeshift camp in Sukkur early on August 12, 2010, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. AFP/Getty Images / Aamir Qureshi
A Pakistani flood-affected woman prepares tea for family members before beginning their fast at a makeshift camp in Sukkur early on August 12, 2010, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The holy month of Ramadan is bringing nothing but misery for millions of Pakistanis who fled for their lives when catastrophic floods washed away their homes, villages and livelihoods. AFP/Getty Images / Aamir Qureshi
A woman puts on her sandals after prayer at the
Darul Uloom Institute in
Pembroke Pines, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Muslims throughout the world pray and break their fast together, on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
AP / Alan DiazLocal resident Ahmad Issa (R) helps his daughter Yasmine (L) to put her shoes on after having said the sunset prayer August 11, 2010 at
Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in
Falls Church, Virginia.
Getty Images / Alex WongMuslims say the sunset prayer August 11, 2010 at
Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in
Falls Church, Virginia. Muslims around the world started their first day of fasting to observe the month long Ramadan.
Getty Images / Alex WongOmanis shop at a market on the first day of
Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan in
Muscat on August 11, 2010.
AFP/Getty Images / Mohammed MahjoubSaudi men and Muslim foreign workers prepare to break their fast at a mosque on the first day of
Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan in the port city fo
Jeddah on August 11, 2010.
AFP/ Getty Images / Amer HilabiPalestinian Muslim girls hold traditional Ramadan lanterns while celebrating the at
Jerusalem’s old city after breaking the fast on the first day of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 2010.
AFP/ Getty Images / Ahmad GharabliaPalestinians walk under colored lights as they go to the first evening prayers at the
al-Aqsa mosque at
Jerusalem’s old city Damascus Gate after breaking the fast on the first day of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 2010.
AFP/ Getty Images / Ahmad GharabliaPalestinians walk under colored lights as they go to the first evening prayers at the
al-Aqsa mosque in
Jerusalem’s Old City, after breaking the fast on the first day of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 2010.
AFP/Getty Images / Ahmad GharabliaMuslims offer prayers before the start of the holy month of Ramadan at Mecca Masjid in
Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Mahesh Kumar APakistani shopkeepers prepare delicacies for the Islamic month of Ramadan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 in
Karachi, Pakistan. AP / Fareed KhanResidents and tourists crowd on a beach of
Rabat on August 11, 2010 on the eve of the Ramadan beginning in the country. Ramadan today began for most
Sunni Muslims as
heat waves gripped many countries and leaders hoped the holy fasting month would reinforce piety and reconciliation among communities.
AFP/ Getty Images / Abdelhak SennaA Sudanese woman shops on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at the market of Umdorman, on the northern outskirts of the capital
Khartoum, Sudan Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Abd RaoufA Palestinian man looks at lights for sale, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in
Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Tara Todras-WhitehillIndian Muslims stand under a tarp to protect from rain on the eve of the fasting month of Ramadan in
New Delhi on August 11, 2010.
AFP/ Getty Images / Manpreet RomanaOrphans attend a briefing on the holy month of Ramadan, which is to begin Thursday in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Pavel RahmanMuslim children point to the new moon ushering in the holy month of Ramadan, in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Pavel RahmanAfghans take food to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in
Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010.
AP / Musadeq SadeqAn Afghan man prays after offering prayers on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in
Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010.
AP / Ahmad MassoudCustomers at a roadside shop sell a meat dish on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in
Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
AP / Mustafa QuraishiA Palestinian man prepares «Qatayef», traditional Arab pancakes, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 2010 in
Jerusalem’s old city. AFP/ Getty Images / Ahmad GharabliPalestinian men read the Koran at the al-Omri mosque in
Gaza City on August 11, 2010 as Muslims mark the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
AFP/ Getty Images / MOHAMMED ABED Mohammed AbedLebanese «musaharati»
Mohammed Fanas lights up a lantern before waking up observant Muslims for their overnight «suhur» meal before the day’s fast in the old city of the southern port of
Sidon just before dawn on August 11, 2010 as Muslims in much of the
Middle East begin the fasting month of Ramadan.
AFP/ Getty Images / Mahmoud ZayatA young Palestinian Muslim girl walks in an alley of Jerusalem’s old city holding a traditional Ramadan lantern while celebrating with other children the announcing of the holy month of Ramadan, Tuesday, Aug. 10 2010. Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, will begin Wednesday. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on August 10, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Mahmud Hams
Palestinian boys stand next to a shop, decorated with Ramadan festive lights, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. AP / Nasser Ishtayeh
A Bahraini man points skyward at dusk Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Hamad Town, Bahrain, towards where a slim crescent moon should be visible to indicate the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. Clouds hampered skywatchers in the Persian Gulf island nation. AP / Hasan Jamali
Indonesian women pray during the first night of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 10, 2010. The fasting month of Ramadan, which starts on August 11, is the ninth month of the Muslim Hijri calendar, during which the faithful abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex during daylight and, in the evening, eat small meals and conduct evening prayers. AFP/ Getty Images / Adek Berry
A worker dispalys cookies at a bakery ahead of Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan on August 10, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Sabah Arar
Indonesian Muslims offer an evening prayer called ‘Tarawih’, at the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. AP / Achmad Ibrahim
A Palestinian blind boy reads a Quran Islam’s holy book, in braille in the West Bank city of Jenin, ahead the upcoming month of Ramadan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. AP / Mohammed Ballas
Afghan youths pray on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Getty Images / Majid Saeedi
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