People have iftar meals during Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 24, 2023. (Str/Xinhua) Muslims attend the first Friday prayer of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing) Xi Jinping failed to acknowledge Ramadan, one of the most sacred times for Muslims, despite the 11 million-strong mostly Muslim Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples who live in the Xinjiang URUMQI, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began observing Ramadan on Tuesday under regular anti-COVID-19 measures. Worshippers pray in the Ak Mosque in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 13, 2021. People make traditional lanterns for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 22, 2025. It's a tradition for Muslims in Egypt to decorate their residences with traditional lanterns during the Ramadan. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) People shop at a market ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 1, 2022. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua) A young man prepares to hang a lantern to celebrate the upcoming holy month of Ramadan in Giza, Egypt, on April 1, 2022. Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are observing the fasting month of Ramadan "normally and freely," local imams said on Sunday. Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began observing Ramadan on Tuesday under regular anti-COVID-19 measures. Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, in which they abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum) A vendor makes qatayef at a local market during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City, on April 18, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began observing Ramadan on Tuesday under regular anti-COVID-19 measures. Approximately 300 Muslims visited the Ak Mosque on Tuesday People shop at a market in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood) People shop at a market in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2025. JAKARTA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian authorities, including the local administrations across the country's 38 provinces, are pushing to strengthen food stocks and maintain price stability ahead of Ramadan, Muslim fasting that will kick off in less than a month. ISLAMABAD, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan is celebrating the Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. In the religious month, families and friends gather for lavish meals or "iftar" at the post-dusk time to break the fast, hours-long congregation prayers at night and affluent people also hold iftar for the poor and needy. Download this stock image: Dhaka, Bangladesh. 30th June, 2014. Bangladeshi Muslims buy ifter, food for breaking the daytime fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a traditional ifter bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 30, 2014. Ramadan is the Muslim month of fasting, during which Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking from sunrise to sunset. Credit: Shariful Islam/Xinhua JAKARTA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia plans to import 100,000 tons of buffalo meat to maintain stable meat stocks ahead of the Ramadan season, which begins in March, the country's National Food Agency announced on Wednesday. "The import of buffalo meat is intended to stabilize prices and ensure The Iftar cannon is fired on a daily basis during the holy month of Ramadan at Naif Palace to notify people the time of Iftar, when Muslims get to break their long day fasting as the sun sets. (Xinhua) CAIRO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Saturday marks the first day of Ramadan, a holy month for Muslims around the world. ANKARA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- As Ramadan approaches, Bekir Uren, an insurance consultant living in Ankara, contemplates the family's evening iftar meals with a mixture of anticipation and concern. "We will observe Ramadan and break bread together as a family, but we are struggling with high food prices," Uren said. COLOMBO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Maldivian government will look to keep prices down of over 140 essential food items stable during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, PSM News, the official media of the Maldives, reported on Tuesday quoting Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed. Chinese-made and toy-like Ramadan lanterns are pictured outside a shop in Cairo, Egypt, March 16, 2024. (XinhuaAhmed Gomaa) by Mahmoud Fouly. CAIRO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese-made, toy-like "Ramadan lanterns" with LED lights and recorded Arabic songs, as well as similar children's toys, are popular in Egypt during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as they are used as gifts for children. RME529H5 – Dhaka, Bangladesh. 18th July, 2014. After Jumma prayer Bangladeshi Muslim made protest & fire in Israeli flag against ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza in fron to Baitul mokarram mosque.
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