The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of ...

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has begun. Over the next month, Muslims observing the fast will refrain from eating and ...

Ramadan begins this week, a holy, month-long observance for Muslim communities in the United States and around the world. Many Muslim people will observe Ramadan by fasting from sunup to sundown, ...

Muslims across the world are preparing for a month of fasting, spirituality and reflection this Ramadan. Each year millions of Muslims will begin fasting from sunrise to sunset and engaging in ...

While businesses in most Muslim-majority countries opt for shorter work days during Ramadan, U.S. businesses don’t often provide that level of flexibility. Denise Rousseau, a professor of ...

Moonsighting is a tradition used for centuries to determine the start of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROFESSOR OF SUN AND SPACE RESEARCH AT NATIONAL RESEARCH ...

(Note: Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a time of fasting, communal ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...