Beginning this week, nearly a quarter of the world's population will be observing a month-long period of prayer, charity, spirituality and fasting known as Ramadan. Indeed, approximately 1.6 million ...

Monday marks the start of Ramadan, a monthlong fast observed by most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims. Fasting during the holy month is one of the five pillars of Islam, which also include prayer ...

In late May 2016, the Islamic State (ISIL) released an audio statement featuring Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the group’s chief spokesman, celebrating the upcoming lunar month of Ramadan. Adnani exhorted ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Others will begin fasting ...

Ramadan is the fasting month for Muslims. It falls in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Participants fast during daylight, and generally eat a meal ...

A bombing in Bangladesh that killed four people Thursday punctuated the most terror-filled month in memory to close the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. This year's month of daytime fasting and prayer ...

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan falls at a fraught time for American Muslims this year. The fast started about a week and a half ago — before a U.S. citizen born to Afghani immigrants committed the ...

For a month of fasting, it seems counterintuitive that Ramadan preparations revolve around food. Growing up in a traditional Pakistani family I was accustomed to seeing trays of samosas, red bottles ...

For Shaykh Mohamed Almasmari, the month of Ramadan is not only about his personal spiritual life, but also about helping others. "One of the greatest objectives of the month of Ramadan is ...

Muslims in Birmingham are facing the challenge of the toughest Ramadan this century. The Islamic month begins on June 6 and will run through to July 5. During this time healthy, adult Muslims are ...