Ramadan 2009 around the world - Photo Gallery On August 21st, hundreds of millions of Muslims started fasting for a month. They started to abstain from eating or drinking from dawn…
Ramadan 2009 around the world - Photo Gallery
On August 21st, hundreds of millions of Muslims started fasting for a month. They started to abstain from eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. They stand for hours in prayers each night to remember their Lord and express their gratitude to Him, seek His forgiveness and aspire to come closer to Him.On September 20th, the month of Ramadan ended welcoming Eid el Fitr.
Vendors selling food for breaking fast wait for their customers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta August 31, 2009. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (Reuters, Enny Nuraheni)
A Muslim man rests inside a mosque as he wait for iftar (breaking fast) in Dhaka August 29, 2009. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (Reuters, Andrew Biraj)
Muslims attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta August 21, 2009. Muslims around the world congregate for special evening prayers called "Tarawih" during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Reuters,Supri)
A translator from the İstanbul Municipality Health and Social Service Department, (l) uses sign language to translate a sermon delivered by the imam to hearing-impaired worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in İstanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2009. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (Reuters, Murad Sezer)
