Ramadan Pictures From Around the World

[Molly53]

These were in our local paper and I wanted to share:


A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan,Thursday, July 19, 2012.


Pakistani bakers make traditional food for the holy month of Ramadan in Karachi on 20, July 2012. The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will begin in Pakistan on Saturday, the official moon sighting committee comprising religious scholars announced.


A Pakistani woman gives money to an owner of a restaurant to provide food to poor people as the fasting month of Ramadan starts, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, July 20, 2012.


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, Friday, July 20, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.


A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City, Friday, July 20, 2012.


A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year.


Indonesian Muslim attend a prayer during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta on July 21, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar.


A Pakistani man, left, delivers free bread to women to break their fast on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.


A Pakistani boy prays next to plates of fruits donated to worshippers to break their fast, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.


A man reads the Koran at a mosque on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Denpasa,r on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 21, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar.


A Pakistani Muslim arranges plates with meals for Iftar, or breaking of the fast, donated by an Islamic seminary during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sop of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year.


An Indian Muslim child runs at the Jama Masjid on the first night of Ramadan in New Delhi, India, Saturday, July 21, 2012. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar.


An Indian Muslim man stands in front of the Jama Masjid as he and other worshippers leave following the breaking of the fast and prayers on the first night of Ramadan in New Delhi, India, Saturday, July 21, 2012. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar.


A Pakistani boy distributes plates of food donated to worshippers to break their fast, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

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