Muslims mark start of Ramadan
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Friday prayers marked the start of Ramadan in the Middle East as millions of Muslims around the world began observance of the holy month of fasting and prayer.
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MENA, Saudi Arabia  - More than two million Muslim  pilgrims arrived in the tented city of Mena Tuesday, the first  day of a haj pilgrimage marked by grief over the Asian tsunami  disaster and security fears.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat joined morning prayers for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan on Thursday despite his poor health, Palestinian officials said.
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TONGI: Muslims crammed buses, trains and boats to travel to a riverbank near the Bangladeshi capital for a three-day annual Islamic congregation that began on Friday.
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Asian Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramadan at the weekend with many still incensed about the pope's comments linking Islam with violence and those in conflict areas wishing for peace.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Muslims in Iraq and worldwide have spent the weekend celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The feast of Eid ul-Fitr follows a month of daylight fasting.
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Muslims from around the world descended on Bangladesh on Friday for the annual Bishwa Ijtema (world congregation), the second biggest gathering of Muslims after the Haj, with troops and police maintaining tight security.
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Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace.
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The holy month&#39;s fasting culminates in the feast of Eid al-Fitr and prayers for peace, tranquility and greater understanding. Colorado Muslims, including 1-year-old Mohammad Saif Islam of Denver, gather Sunday
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 22 -- Edy parked his motorbike and pressed into the crowd beside the local mosque Saturday afternoon, clutching a white coupon in his right hand. He squeezed under a blue awning where tsunami refugees and other indigent survivors were claiming plastic bags with donated chunks of meat to celebrate one of Islam's most important holidays.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - An unidentified gunman fired into a mosque in western Australia packed with hundreds of Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan, but no one was hurt, police said Saturday.
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Hundreds of Palestinians were trying to reach a key Islamic shrine in Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Muslims are being warned they need to be careful with medication during Ramadan.
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As Muslims in many parts of the world mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, streaming feed of the special evening prayers from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, will be available on the Web in the next few weeks.
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President Bush participates in an Iftaar dinner with Ambassadors and Muslim Leaders in observance of Ramadan in the State Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in Washington.
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CHRISTIANS in Indonesia, which has the world&#39;s largest Muslim population, flocked to churches today to celebrate Christmas under tight security following warnings of possible terrorist attacks.
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Most of the world&#39;s 1.2 billion Muslims began Ramadan on Thursday, a holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, festivities -- and abstinence.