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Observing Ramadan
Muslim faithful throughout the world are currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. Observant Muslims participate in fasting (sawm), one of the five pillars of their faith, this entire Lunar month (this year it extends from September 1st to the 30th). Eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activity is prohibited from dawn until sunset, when the fast is broken with the evening meal called Iftar. Local customs define varying traditions, including differing types of food used to break the daily fast. The fasting is meant to teach a person patience, humility and sacrifice, to set aside time to ask forgiveness, practice self-restraint, and pray for guidance in the future. (35 photos total)
An officer of Brunei's Islamic authority looks through a telescope as he performs "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon for Ramadan, over the skies of Bukit Agok outside Bandar Seri Begawan August 31, 2008. Muslims scan the sky at dusk at the end of their lunar calendar's eighth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the beginning of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Ahim Rani) #
Palestinian women lead young girls through the Kalandia checkpoint, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, to cross to Jerusalem to attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosques compound on September 19, 2008. Thousands of Muslim faithful have been crossing every week from the West bank to attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa, Islam's third holiest shrine, since the start of the holy month of Ramadan three weeks ago. (DAVID FURST/AFP/Getty Images) #
Palestinian women walk past men (on the other side of the fence) waiting to cross a checkpoint to get into Israel in order to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) #
This picture taken September 5, 2008 shows a stall worker preparing roasted chicken wings to be sold at a Ramadan bazaar in downtown Kuala Lumpur for the breaking of their fast. In Muslim households across Asia, the inflation crisis is casting a shadow over the holy month of Ramadan, and making the nightly ritual of breaking the fast a more meagre affair. From Afghanistan to Malaysia, the high prices of food are forcing the poor to go without, and curtailing the lavish evening buffets which the well-off have flocked to in better economic times. (KAMARUL AKHIR/AFP/Getty Images) #
In a pre-Ramadan tradition, Bosnian Muslim girls wash their face with water from cave as local tradition claims that the water and prayers inside the cave will bring personal beauty and success for the year, near the Bosnian town of Kladanj, 50 kms north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. More than 30.000 people gathered to pray inside and outside the cave this year. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) #
More links and information
The History of Ramadan - History Channel
An Idiot's Guide to Ramadhan - BBC News
Ramadan - Wikipedia Entry
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Stupendous, simply awesome. Rejuvenated the belief and made the emaan stronger.
Thanks for posting.
Allah Akbaar
Subhanallah, the pictures truly convince me that we are one family. Family in ISLAM. Allahu akbar!
Whether they like it or not, We MUSLIM are ALL sisters and brothers. One family and no one can compere to us. MASHAALLAH.
Allah Guide the Human raceto follow the Path of Sirat-ul-mustaqqeem, with true
Unity, Peace, and Justice in all our thoughts, Hearts, Minds and practice the same
equally towards each other. Ameen.
As an audio vidsual production man, these are the best ever pictures I have experienced in my last 35 years ....they are simply mind blowing It's great to see our beloved Islam with so many diversities from various parts of this world.
This is only a glimpse of what's really out there.
My joyfilled heart felt thanks to every one who contributed in bringing them to us.
Eid Mubarak
Mohammed Ali Shyhaki
Singer/Actor/director/producer
TV,Radio, Films & stage/Theater
Mohammed
I cried when I saw the picture of blind childern reading Quran. Ishallah they will be the first to enter heaven. May Allah give them strength
Alhamdulillah,
All Muslims with diversity
May Almighty Allah unite all of us
aameen
Noamaan Narmawala
assalm _ u _ alakum ,,
its very amazing to see these pictures ,,,
its representing that Muslims are one in all over the world ,,,,
Subahan Allah ,,,
i appleciate u ,,who make these pictures ,,,,
Some of the truly amazing pictures i've seen reflecting the oneness of muslims throughout the world.
Please copy this link onto an email and forward it to as many brothers and sisters you know and those who might be touched by such images.
Subhanallah.
definition of life: happiness, tradigeys, lessons,hope, memorible events, anything you value
never forget the life Islam gave you............ Allahu Akbar. Subanallah. keep it up. it's very nice.
God Bless You All!
Fantastic photos!
wonderfull pic.
how could you take those picture so great!
These pictures are amazing masallah
Spectacular view of Musilims all over the Globe during the Month of Holy Ramadhan, Inshallah should more to come in future.
Alhamdulillah..at least i know and get clear picture about muslim people in this world hor they celebrate and Asking forgiveness from ALLAH during ramadhan months.Thanks for your contributions towards ISLAM.
God Bless You .. Mashallah Tbarak Allah
Fantastic..absolutely world class.. Proud to be have a ramadhan...
Mashaallah..wonderful, heart touching photos. May allah fogive our sins and accept our fasts..
THE CAPTURE OF PI
MashahAllah Beautiful collections in all in ALL
INSPIRING
salam aalikoum.
macha allah toutes c'est photos de ramadhan.Et si les musulment restent unis pendant toutes l'année pas seulement au ramadhan c'est encore mieux.
que dieux reunisse tous les musulment du monse (amine).
Beautiful pictures Mash'Allah, although it would also have been nice to have seen pictures of Muslims from sub sahara Africa, where Islam has also been practiced for centuries and may have a rich Ramadan tradition......to highlight the diverisity of Muslims all over the world.
LA HAULA WALLA KUATA LA BILAHI ILA ALLAH
WHAT A WONDERFULL WORLD,SUBHANNA ALLAH
GREAT PICTURES WONDERFULL MOMENTS
Proud to be Muslim...Jazzak Allah...
wow such brilliant pictures! love them! It's really nice to see how different people participate in ramadhan in different parts of the world, yet we are all one ummah and have the same beliefs...:)
Thank you for sharing.
eid mubarak
it is very fentastic
Great Pictures for unified Ummah
All praise be to Allah for granting us the gift of Imaan and making us from the ummat of the master Muhammad SAW. Joy and sadness in these pictures, may Allah free the Muslims where ever they are being oppressed and grant guidance, prosperity, peace and happiness to all muslims
As'salaam Alai'kum,
Mashaallah..heart touching photos...
May Allah swt fogive our sins and accept our prayers, fasts & all good deeds & let Him keep us away from sinful acts... Ameen - Sumaameen...
The pictures are great, got to see muslims of the world .we pray for the forgiveness, prosperity of all for this world & after.
Juzar.
I salute to the web adminstrator who have selected such a beautiful pictures more over its a new concept of telling a things. Keep up the good work
Subhaan Allah,
We are all thankful to the Almighty to bring us this special moment in all our lives.
Subhan Allah, Allahu Akhbar,
How these pictures have proved the Strength of Faith and Iman and the United Feelings of Brotherhood among Muslims of the world in observing one of the Pillars of Islam in their Unique ways, towards Allahu Ahad.
amazing photographs that exposing the clear ,clean culture of muslims of the world
my god yallah keep all muslam from bad and keep from usa aramy and all any one want for aslam not good
allah akber
iam invinte all christan to be muslam to wtines la ilaha ila allah mohaed rasoul allah
Insha-Allah...very nice photos
Nice Photos :)
Allahu Akbar That was so beutiful myshallah it brought tears to my eyes.
mashaallah subahanallah!these were great photos it took my breath away!
beautiful breath taking pictures of what Islam is really about.
MA-SHALLAH IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES
SO SO BEAUTIFUL BUT SOME ARE SO SO SAD
a very outstandng collection of photos about RAMANDAN. instructive and an eyeopener to anybody who is ignorant about the ISLAM FAITH, AWESOME WORK AND CONGRATULATION TO A JOB WELL DONE, i kow-tow to you!!!!!!
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Alghamdulillah, I am so proud to be a Muslim and am blessed to be the reciter of the Kalimah - Laa iellaha iellalah - There is no God but Allah, Muhammadur-Rasullulah and Mohammed-Peace be upon him, is the Messenger of Allah.
Without our beautiful Deen of Islam, we will surely be misguided as the disbelievers.
Shukran for these beautiful photos. I love it and I love being a Muslim.
MARSHA-ALLAH....... What beautiful pictures. They depict the true
simplicity and pure perfection of Islam and the complete submission to ALLAH! Though some of these pictures are truly sad, it is inspiring to see that even those that are tormented day after day will stop at nothing to comply with and fulfil their obligation to ALLAH!
WOW LOST FOR WORDZ. but Truly Amazin
Ma' Sha Allah......
VERY NICE REPORT :)
Wow.
MashAllah.
Inspiration.
kul ilsowar hilwa shkran lali ba3athom
God bless
Hanan
Salam Alekum
ALLAH is great , peace and blessing for all my brothers and sisters world wide ,
in Islam we all unite total submission and Obeydiance to the Almighty Great one
Allah and Muhammad is his beloved prophet. Throught good times and bad may the teaching of the QU'RAN guide .
peace one love
Subhan Allah, I thank Allah for giving us the opportunity to be born in this
remarkable deen of Allah. These pictures further strengthens our love for
our Brothers and Sisters who practices Islam with vigor under good or bad
conditions. May Allah bless them all with the highest rewards.
Alhamdulillah, thank you for submitting the great photos.
http://hasan-and-husin.blogspot.com/
Perfect captures of faith and perfect photography mate :)
Alhamdulilla,
All the praise to the LORD of the WORLDS, ALLAH for making us a part of HIS true religion.
Jazak Allah,
mubarak
SALAM BROS AND SISTERS,
THE PICTURES TAKEN ARE BEAUTIFUL! GREAT JOB!
ITS AN EYE OPENER FOR US TO SEE HOW THEY LEAD THEIR LIVES IN THE MONTH OF RAMADHAN BUT SOME ONE THE PICTURE REALLY TOUCH MY HEART.
MAY ALLAH SWT BLESS US ALWAYS!
Wonderful. Thank you for this service.
MASHALLA!!!
few from it is Misdeed, few from it is good.
few faith at belief badge asthenic indevout.
Just beautiful! May Allah bless you all.
Thank you so much for your interest in the Muslim world. The photos are indeed amazing and say so much. These images need to be seen by those who think the Muslim world is just terrorism and violence.
Islam is really a path to personal peace and joy. It wants this personal state to be affirmed and enhanced by the surrounding environment. This has lead to the development of the most beautiful cultural expressions which as you depict here vary from place to place. Wherever islam spread it sought to bring out the best of the culture that already existed and increase the ways of expressing awe of God.
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate...
The artist has seized on film the very soul of the Holy Month.
And. essentially, he has shown us (once more and never too often) the plight of the people of Palestine.
Thank you.
send me also imgs like this
pls ok
osman
I love these images
Alhamdulillah i thank Allah for being a Muslim. The photos signify the diversity of islam. May Allah help us ameen.
maşaallah... çok güsl fotolar
May Allah continue to guide your spirit and jinn. I 'm bad about checking my email, so I am just getting to this. Thank you for taking the time to remind us Muslims of what Allah has blessed us with here in the US and in other countries around the world. I pray that the American people allow this to be a beautiful wake up call as on eof your other viewers stated , Islam brings out the true beauty of a human being and it touches everything else that surrounds it. Again thank you for helping the Muslim Ummah .
Vista California
very inspiring SubhanAllah
this pic. is realy wonderful i love thim thanks for sen it to me
en arab au en france
Subhan Allah very good picture and good collection is really wonderful I love them thanks for sen it to me and please continue to guide your spirit Inshallah I go for Umrah I will pray for all those who done this very good job.
It is a wonderful compilation. My gratitude to the compiler as well as the friend in Houston who sent it to me. the muslims need to create unity in their ranks for the betterment of the entire mankind. May Allah Almighty enable them to shun their petty differences and achieve that unity. Amen. Manzoor Awan, Islamabad, Pakistan
SO FENTASTIC PICTURE WHEN MADE THIS AND PREPARED THIS/
MAY ALLAH BLEES U
great. learnt a lot.
ALHUMDULILAH-
wish that allah propect one n all live life in the way allah likes us to be
MASHALLAH very nice pictures :)
hira dar from pakistan
great photos , specially pakistani , very happy to see this
MASHAALLAH .... THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS FOR THESE PICTURE ....ONCE AGAIN MASHAALLAH
So nice and great pics.. May God bless all..
the pictures are beautiful,the message of islam is universal,through different cultures,the message is the same the cultures are different,this is the point i want to make.we must preserve our cultures along with the message of God.the message of the religion is lagging behind,and arab culture has taken priority,the dress,the beards,the head gear,the expressions are a priority over the essense of the message of God.........where is the essense??????????
excellent pictures! GOD Bless the faithful!
subhan-allah
salam subhan allah
YOUR ARE TIRRY MYE GOD BELESING YOU,WHAT I NEED FRMOM YOU IS TO SED ME AN ISLAMIC BOOK OR ANY PRAYAER BOOK FOR EVERE MONTH OF ISLAM.I AM IN ITALI-VIA PONTIDA NO8 CITY NOVARA
mashallah... what makes this extra special and connects us all is because we are muslims. Most of us don't know these people in the pics but each of them connects us all and that is laa-ilaaha illallah.
MASHALLA!!!!
EXCELLENT AND FANTASTIC PHOTOS. KEEP IT UP.
Wonderful pictures. Thank You
I felt muslims are in trouble all over the world and feel pitty for them, But we are suffering all these troubles because of our own faults as many of us do not practising Islam in the real sense. Rather they are bitraying from the rules and the sunna. This is the time we should once again look in to the facts , which can make us strong , united and peaceful. Try to understand the tricks played by Jewish against Islam. They are missusing Christianity against Islam. I pray that Christian should also realize what is going on with them. They are first victims of Jews and the second one is Muslim. All the terrorism in the world is conducted presently is because of Jews. They tactfully giving it on the name of Muslims . If you look at the faces of Talban. They donot look like muslims. They are infact Jews and their puppets. There is no end to talk about the politics of this world. because it is all in the hands of Jews. This time they are ruling the whole world. It is shame full for muslims who have forgotten the reason why they are sent in this world They sent here to follow Allah and His Prophets. but they are busy in following Indian movies and media, english culture and all other stuff which is taking them away from Islam. Please Open your eyes and try to build your life structure according to the teaching of Hazrat Mohammad Peace be Upon Him..
Anjum writes: "All the terrorism in the world is conducted presently is because of Jews."
Fascinating observation (if perhaps a bit incoherent). Now please crawl back under your slimy rock and let the rest of us breathe freely out here.
Beautiful pictures, by the way. Peace.
ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT PHOTOS..........
May ALLAH grant us the iman to maintain the same spirit throughout the year.
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES... MAY ALLAH BE WITH US ALL.
Wow!!
What a beauful pictures. Really commendable.
How peacefully Muslims perform their prayers.
The prayers and celebrations of Islam reiterate that it's the 'natural' religion.
It creates no halm to the nature and planet earth.
May the Almighty shower His blessing to all.
It is really rich with embedded information.
VERY NICE , Excellent , wonderfull, AHSANT , MARHABA
mashallah.. the best pictures ever!! i love the pictre od the blind children may allah help them =)