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Gazans hold Ramadan Friday prayers on rubble of mosque
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Palestinians pray on first Friday of Ramadan, with some denied entry into Jerusalem
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Muslims around the world welcome Ramadan with mix of joy and deep concern
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Displaced Palestinians hang lights in Gaza camp for Ramadan
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Effort to get aid to Gaza moving ahead but first ship still waiting in Cyprus
An Israeli soldier on top a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, March 10, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Muslims around the world welcome the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of joy and deep concern
A family navigates the puddles at a flooded cemetery as they visit the grave of a relative ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 8, 2024. Prior Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Indonesian Muslims followed local tradition to visit cemeteries to pray for their deceased loved ones. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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UN Security Council considering call for Ramadan truce in Sudan
FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese family who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, sit beside their belongings while waiting to be registered by UNHCR upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad, July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
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This Ramadan will be sombre as Canadian Muslims reflect on Gaza
Sheema Khan
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In Photos: Ramadan around the world
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Worshippers raise their hands in supplication during the final prayer of the night, known as Witr, at Abu Huraira Mosque in Toronto on April 19, 2023.
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Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78, official says
This image released by ANSAR ALLAH HOUTHI MEDIA OFFICE, shows the aftermath of a deadly stampede in Sanna, Yemen Wednesday, April 19, 2023. A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, according to witnesses and Houthi rebel officials. (ANSAR ALLAH HOUTHI MEDIA OFFICE via AP)
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‘It has become a cycle’: Muslim Canadians more vigilant during Ramadan
Deputy Chief Robertson Rouse of the York Regional Police (left) and Insp. Charles Byham (centre) speak with a colleague outside the Islamic Society of Markham following a news conference about an alleged hate incident in Markham, Ont. on Monday, April 10, 2023. Mosques across Canada have increasingly had to ask congregants to stay vigilant against potential attacks and harassment during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslim advocacy groups say, noting that the normalization of such security conversations is a concern. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ramadan highlights how workplaces can better support Muslim employees
Khadija Waseem, shown in a handout photo, loves tea and coffee, so when she told colleagues she was savouring her last cup in preparation for Ramadan's fasting period, they were quick to tease her. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Petros Bleyan **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water
Local NGO prepare Iftar food for people at an internally displaced people camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, ‎March ‎24, ‎2023. This year's holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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How companies can best support observers as Ramadan begins
Clock marking 5 pm and a laptop with the lid closed. Concepts such as quiet quitting, coffee break or taking a break at work
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Holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims across the world
A worker cleans an area in the historical Sunehri mosque, ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Muslims across the world will be observing the Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Ramadan is expected to officially begin Thursday or Friday in Pakistan, though the timing depends on the alignment of the moon. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Muslim university students balance responsibilities of Eid, exam season
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Egypt’s government frees 41 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
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The rare convergence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter recalls a shared religious journey
Charles L. Cohen
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Shooter dead after killing two, wounding several in central Tel Aviv
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Muslims look forward to celebrating Ramadan communally again