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)

Symbolizing the faith of Islam, the crescent moon is seen at sunset on top of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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) #

A Palestinian man reads from the Koran, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) #

Indonesian men attend Friday prayer at Istiqlal mosque, the biggest in Southeast Asia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah) #

Jordanian Muslim girls queue in line outside a humanitarian center for waiting for meals to be donated at the time for the breaking of their fast, or Iftar, on the 13th day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud) #

A Palestinian woman is seen on her way to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) #

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) #

Israeli border police hold back Palestinians on their way to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, at Kalandia checkpoint, between the West Bank town of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) #

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) #

Kashmiri Muslims pray inside the Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, on the first Friday of Ramadan in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #

A Pakistani man prepares sweet drinks for people to break their fast at a mosque during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore on September 3, 2008. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) #

A Palestinian boy holds a homemade sparkler firework after breaking his fast at the end of the second day of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah,Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #

A seller of traditional Syrian sweets calls out for customers in the Meidan quarter of Damascus September 2, 2008. Sales of the sweets go up during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri) #

A Muslim woman reads a copy of the Koran at the Istiqlal mosque during the second day of ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, on September 2, 2008. (ADEK BERRY/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) #

A Bangladeshi vendor sells traditional sweet meats for breaking the Ramadan fast, at the Chalk bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) #

An Egyptian family looks to buy a "Fanus Ramadan", a traditional lantern popular during Ramadan, at a shop in el-Sayeda Zaynab district of downtown Cairo, late August 28, 2008. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) #

A Palestinian Muslim girl prays in the men's mosque before the evening prayer called "tarawih", during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #

A Pakistani man offers Friday prayers atop a mosque roof during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #

A man has his eyes smeared with traditional Kohl eyeliner before Friday prayers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad September 5, 2008. (REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder) #

The Al-Zaim family of Duxbury, Massachusetts sits, gathered together for their dinner after 7pm on September 14th, 2008, to break their Ramadan Fast. (Justine Hunt/Globe Staff Photo) #

Workers sew prayer caps in a factory in old Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 18, 2008. Prayer caps have huge demand during the holy month of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj) #

Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers inside the Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, on the first Friday of Ramadan in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #

A child prepares food for Iftar (evening meal) before the breaking of fast on the first day of Ramadan at Memon Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan on September 2, 2008. (REUTERS/Athar Hussain) #

Lebanese "Musaharati" Mohammed Fanas wakes up observant Muslims for their overnight "suhur" meal before the day's fast in Sidon's Old City in south Lebanon just before dawn on September 3, 2008. (MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/Getty Images) #

Visually impaired Palestinian students read verses of the Koran, Islam's holiest book, written in Braille, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Qabas Islamic school in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #

Workers dry vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, India on September 5, 2008. (REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder) #

A Kashmiri man rests after performing prayers inside the shrine of Sufi saint, Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, during Ramadan in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir on September 11, 2008. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli) #

Thai Muslim children pray at a mosque during Ramadan in Narathiwat province in Thailand on September 9, 2008. (MADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Afghan men offer prayers on a hill top overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan on September 8, 2008, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) #

A worker prepares traditional sweets at a pastry shop in Tehran, Iran on the fifth day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan September 6, 2008. (REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl) #

Muslim women attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on August 31, 2008. (REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas) #

In this picture taken on September 13, 2008 a Pakistani labourer stacks bananas being kept in increased quantities for the holy month of Ramadan in the storeroom of a fruit market in Islamabad, Pakistan. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) #

A boy sleeps in a mosque while waiting to break his fast on the first day of Ramadan in Makassar, Indonesia on September 1, 2008. (REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad) #

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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Subhaan Allah,

We are all thankful to the Almighty to bring us this special moment in all our lives.

Posted by Moosa Khan October 15, 08 01:31 AM

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.

Posted by Azman Jamil October 15, 08 04:59 AM

amazing photographs that exposing the clear ,clean culture of muslims of the world

Posted by meeran mohammad October 15, 08 05:07 AM

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

Posted by Anonymous October 15, 08 05:43 AM

Insha-Allah...very nice photos

Posted by wasim ahmed October 15, 08 09:16 AM

Nice Photos :)

Posted by Zohaib Khan October 15, 08 11:00 AM

Allahu Akbar That was so beutiful myshallah it brought tears to my eyes.

Posted by Sumayyah October 15, 08 08:30 PM

mashaallah subahanallah!these were great photos it took my breath away!

Posted by mustafa October 16, 08 02:01 AM

beautiful breath taking pictures of what Islam is really about.

Posted by Mahirah October 16, 08 03:04 AM

MA-SHALLAH IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES
SO SO BEAUTIFUL BUT SOME ARE SO SO SAD

Posted by CHADIA AGHERDIEN October 16, 08 05:43 AM

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!!!!!!

Posted by SYKES AGRAVIADOR October 16, 08 05:54 AM

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.

Posted by Najma Noorshib, P.E.South Africa October 16, 08 06:10 AM

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!

Posted by YASMIN October 16, 08 10:48 AM

WOW LOST FOR WORDZ. but Truly Amazin
Ma' Sha Allah......

Posted by Mahamoud October 16, 08 06:22 PM

VERY NICE REPORT :)

Posted by NAWAF October 18, 08 06:13 AM

Wow.

MashAllah.

Inspiration.

Posted by Maimuna October 19, 08 02:14 AM

kul ilsowar hilwa shkran lali ba3athom
God bless
Hanan

Posted by Hanan Amad October 19, 08 09:16 AM

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

Posted by Jahmal Guled October 19, 08 03:00 PM

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.

Posted by Abdul Karim October 19, 08 04:58 PM

Alhamdulillah, thank you for submitting the great photos.

http://hasan-and-husin.blogspot.com/

Posted by Husin Hasan October 19, 08 09:43 PM

Perfect captures of faith and perfect photography mate :)

Posted by Nauman Ahmad October 20, 08 01:41 AM

Alhamdulilla,
All the praise to the LORD of the WORLDS, ALLAH for making us a part of HIS true religion.

Jazak Allah,
mubarak

Posted by mubarak October 20, 08 02:51 AM

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!

Posted by IMAH October 20, 08 03:47 AM

Wonderful. Thank you for this service.

Posted by Ali October 20, 08 05:50 PM

MASHALLA!!!

Posted by unknown October 21, 08 02:40 AM

few from it is Misdeed, few from it is good.
few faith at belief badge asthenic indevout.

Posted by fatemeh October 21, 08 06:47 AM

Just beautiful! May Allah bless you all.

Posted by Naimah Mahmoud October 21, 08 08:48 AM

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.

Posted by Ruqayya Ali October 21, 08 10:48 AM

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.

Posted by anonymous October 21, 08 10:33 PM

send me also imgs like this
pls ok
osman

Posted by osman October 22, 08 08:25 AM

I love these images

Posted by John October 23, 08 02:07 AM

Alhamdulillah i thank Allah for being a Muslim. The photos signify the diversity of islam. May Allah help us ameen.

Posted by Shamsuddin Daura October 24, 08 08:52 AM

ma�aallah... �ok g�sl fotolar

Posted by ABDURRAHMAN October 24, 08 11:54 AM

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

Posted by Martha Taylor October 24, 08 12:59 PM

very inspiring SubhanAllah

Posted by Ayesha October 25, 08 03:22 AM

this pic. is realy wonderful i love thim thanks for sen it to me

Posted by Anonymous October 25, 08 06:54 AM

en arab au en france

Posted by allaf mohamed October 25, 08 04:12 PM

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.

Posted by Syed Mujahid Ali Zaidi October 26, 08 07:23 AM

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

Posted by Manzoor Iqbal Awan October 26, 08 11:28 PM

SO FENTASTIC PICTURE WHEN MADE THIS AND PREPARED THIS/
MAY ALLAH BLEES U

Posted by M.ROSHAN October 29, 08 09:05 AM

great. learnt a lot.

Posted by shahed October 30, 08 02:50 AM

ALHUMDULILAH-
wish that allah propect one n all live life in the way allah likes us to be

Posted by osman mohammed October 31, 08 06:16 AM

MASHALLAH very nice pictures :)
hira dar from pakistan

Posted by Hira October 31, 08 09:27 AM

great photos , specially pakistani , very happy to see this

Posted by Zulfiqar Sheikh November 1, 08 09:40 AM

MASHAALLAH .... THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS FOR THESE PICTURE ....ONCE AGAIN MASHAALLAH

Posted by AISHA November 1, 08 03:37 PM

So nice and great pics.. May God bless all..

Posted by Asha November 3, 08 11:41 PM

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??????????

Posted by Anonymous November 4, 08 01:49 PM

excellent pictures! GOD Bless the faithful!

Posted by Anonymous November 4, 08 10:52 PM

subhan-allah

Posted by shahnawaz November 6, 08 02:49 AM

salam subhan allah

Posted by mourad November 6, 08 06:17 AM

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

Posted by ADEADEDIBU SAM November 6, 08 01:04 PM

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.

Posted by Arif Shaikh November 8, 08 08:00 AM

MASHALLA!!!!

Posted by kalila shakhshir November 16, 08 01:43 PM

EXCELLENT AND FANTASTIC PHOTOS. KEEP IT UP.

Posted by RAHMATHULLAH BATCHA November 17, 08 05:13 AM

Wonderful pictures. Thank You

Posted by Margaret Hussein November 17, 08 01:27 PM

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..

Posted by anjum November 19, 08 03:35 PM

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.

Posted by BDC November 21, 08 12:57 PM

ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT PHOTOS..........

May ALLAH grant us the iman to maintain the same spirit throughout the year.

Posted by zafar abbas November 22, 08 12:19 AM

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES... MAY ALLAH BE WITH US ALL.

Posted by SHIVALI November 23, 08 11:58 AM

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.

Posted by meher naushad November 24, 08 12:22 AM

It is really rich with embedded information.

Posted by Rashed Rafi November 26, 08 07:42 AM

VERY NICE , Excellent , wonderfull, AHSANT , MARHABA

Posted by Farhad Mohammadi November 26, 08 12:54 PM

mashallah.. the best pictures ever!! i love the pictre od the blind children may allah help them =)

Posted by anonymous November 26, 08 07:51 PM

salam thank u 4 lovely work u have put in v thank allah 4 endless blessings he showers onto us

Posted by mahmood December 3, 08 04:03 AM

As salam alikum all muslim brother & sisters ALLAH Accept all Prayer & God work
all Muslim's " Amman " Insha allah

Posted by Anonymous December 20, 08 06:44 AM

this is a very good website and has nice pictures.
thank you for making such a helpfull website and it really inspired me about my religion.
once again thank you.
keep up the good work and well done.

Posted by sadaf December 23, 08 06:12 PM

touching. as corny as it sounds, it's inspiring.

Posted by noreen December 25, 08 04:03 AM

Just perfect, god bless them if they muslims
Thanks for share this photos

Posted by No body December 28, 08 08:22 AM

ASSALAMUALAYKUM
these r amazing picturs .i like very much.thank you for your service.
KHUDA HAFIZ
MD FAISAL

Posted by MD FAISAL ALI January 3, 09 09:34 AM

In Photo 22, Muslim family prays like Christians. That's not correct. To thank Allah, you make dua, not hold hands like Christians.

Posted by Abdullah January 8, 09 12:05 PM

MAASHA ALLAH

Posted by MD OWAIZ KHAN January 12, 09 05:26 AM

maasha allaha ,thk u 4 the lovely pics

Posted by eirsh January 13, 09 12:48 AM

you are very talented. i admire your work. good job. very good job.

Posted by barbara.rodriguez January 16, 09 01:45 PM

good work Mashallah!

Posted by Anonymous January 26, 09 03:31 PM

Mashallah...............Its very good to see these kind of pics...Inspiring

Posted by Shareef January 29, 09 08:10 AM

Mashallah...............Its very good to see these kind of pics...Inspiring

Posted by Shareef January 29, 09 08:12 AM

very good

Posted by Anonymous February 2, 09 08:54 AM

Send these pictures to non muslims who think muslims as terrorists or out cast.
Cuz I didn't see any picture telling muslims killing other poeple.
Masha Allah great work.

Posted by Syed Ali February 3, 09 08:13 PM

Post #2114 is why there will be continued bloodshed over religion. No one side is right nor wrong, but ignorance like that will only spark further violence.

Posted by DJA February 11, 09 05:51 PM

Bismi Alllahi Rahman Arrahimm.
Jazaakoumou Allu Khairan for this butifull pictuere. Theses pictures made me more lovebel to all my brothers and sisters any where on the globe. I love you all. continu to send more of this kind of picteres .
Uhiboukoum jameean fe Allah.
I love you all in the sick of ALLAH.

Posted by Mustafa kharraz February 24, 09 10:08 AM

Look at pics. 6,7 & 8:Did you NOTICE miles and milkes of APARTHEID walls and nefarious and murderous check-points erected by the zionist jews' Israeli knesett residents,all of them, the occupiers of axis of evil government and number one terrorisyts of the the whole world !!!
Pics. 17 and 32 display, mainly, JALEBIS, the round sweetmeat emmersed in syrup of pure sugar. It is said it works wonders for those who suffer from migraines, or aadha shishi, or half- head-aches.

Posted by Mujstafa Kitabwalla February 28, 09 12:26 AM

These pictures really exemplify the diversity within Islam.

Posted by J-body February 28, 09 01:29 PM

wonderful..all Muslims you are wonderful people

Posted by Abalfash March 2, 09 12:24 AM

very heart touching pictures masha'Allah. I agree with you ANJUM. We are suffering as a result of our own actions!!! I pray that Allah the most merciful may guide all of us to the straight path.

Posted by mariam March 4, 09 11:57 AM

Mashallah!

Posted by Harald March 12, 09 09:36 AM

the muslim's holiest book is QURAN not kuran. the picture of girls in a cave should be removed from this page. All remaining are nice.

Posted by sania April 2, 09 04:24 AM

Mashallah.

Posted by sameer April 15, 09 08:24 AM

mashallah very beautyfull 2c mashallah realy we r very lucky people that ve are born in muslim allah ka shukar hai ALLAHUMDILILAH

Posted by AZIZ April 18, 09 11:53 AM

Subuhannallahi
this is beautiful..
Mashallah

Posted by Faozy April 20, 09 01:21 PM

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Posted by RASHED RAFI ..LONDON.....BANGLADESH April 21, 09 10:00 AM

Most beautiful pictures I have seen of Muslims living normal lives. Thank you Boston.com!!!

Posted by Mariya Farooqi April 27, 09 03:28 PM

AMAZING
I LOvE RAMADAN ITS SO MUCH FUN!! mostly if u are at ur country

Posted by zara April 30, 09 05:10 PM

What a beautiful expression of belief, faith and devotion. This is the purest form of spirituality I have ever seen. Thank you for these images.

Posted by Deborah Ryan May 16, 09 12:44 PM

we should b lucky that we gt propa food fr iftaar, the boy sleeping in masjid looks cute mashallah.

Posted by samea May 27, 09 10:41 AM

MASHALLAH I am proud to be a MUSLIM.

Posted by HAROUN PATEL - SOUTH AFRICA June 1, 09 02:38 AM

Is the first time I see so many persons adoring God Im not muslim but I gave you guys credit for your believe in my opinion thats the it needs to be done. The Panamenian.

Posted by Edgar June 2, 09 12:15 PM

I am glad that the spiritual and inspirational side of Islam was portrayed to remind us all why we choose to be a muslim. May Allah bless those who took the time and effort to put this together. Ameen

Posted by Kazi June 5, 09 08:31 AM

MASHAALLAH, I have no other word to say, some of the pictures really touched my heart, and tear of joy and faith came out of eyes. Shukria, for the nice photos, I hope people would enjoy , inshallah. (thanks bhaiya, koyekta chhobi shotti-i khub shundor)

Posted by TUBA June 16, 09 08:30 AM

pictures that have made me feel proud and pics that have touched my soul ,now i want to travel the whole world to see the islamic brotherhood. request for prayers for my akhirat and i pray for all my muslim brothers and sisters may ALLAH grant all of us peace in this world and the hearafter ameen.

Posted by Mohammed Mujahid Farooqui June 18, 09 07:51 PM

I am absolutely AMAZED by these pictures...
MashAllah I consider myself lucky that i am muslim and I can't wait till Ramadan to fulfill my duties of being a muslim.
SubhannAllah

Posted by Sarah Khan June 20, 09 12:07 PM