Ramadan begins for world's Muslims

[PsychoDad]

Ramadan begins for world's Muslims
By Asim Khan
Tuesday 04 October 2005, 8:34 Makka Time, 5:34 GMT
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C18CCDC4-623C-4EE5-84CC-D09ACB414F94.htm

Religious authorities in the Arab world have announced the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, according to local media reports.

The three cities which house Islam's most holy sites, the Haram al-Sharif in Makka, the Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad in Madina and the Noble Sanctuary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, will start fasting on Tuesday.
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Islam follows a lunar calendar which means that the months of the year are measured according to the revolutions of the moon around the earth (each month begins with the sighting of the new moon).
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This lunar calendar gives every month an opportunity of rotating through every season completing a cycle in which every month does not exceed 29 or 30 days.
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Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. The others are: belief in one God (Shahaadah); prayer (Salaah) - five times a day at its appointed times; alms-giving (Zakaat) - 2% of fixed assets annually; and pilgrimage (Haj) to Makka at least once in a lifetime.

The first day of Rammadan for North America will be on the 5th.
Rammadan Mubarak/Happy Ramadan to everyone at DU.

Peace

[Jimmy Bob]

1. Rammadan Mubarak, PsychoDad.

And L'shanah tovah to all of the Jews on DU.

[PsychoDad]

2. L'shanah tovah To all my Jewish friends at DU.

Thank You Jimmy Bob.

I did dforget to mention this season the Jewish Holy Days coincide with Ramadan, an event that only happens once every 33 years or so.

May the holidays be filled with blessings and peace, and may we make the most of them.

Peace.