Muslim Holidays

News

1. BC-AP Lifestyles Digest

   Mon, 22 Apr 2013

   graduation May 13: Camps and camping May 20: Hit the beach/theme parks June 3: Father's Day June 24: July Fourth, Ramadan July 8: Back to School July 15: Back to School Aug. 12: Fall Fashion Aug. 19: Labor Day Aug. 26: Rosh Hashanah Sept
2. Syrian Official Shot Dead in Damascus

   Fri, 19 Apr 2013

   bomber struck a Damascus mosque, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken Assad supporter, Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti. On July 18, a bomb inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus killed top security officials, including
3. BC-AP Lifestyles Digest

   Fri, 19 Apr 2013

   graduation May 13: Camps and camping May 20: Hit the beach/theme parks June 3: Father's Day June 24: July Fourth, Ramadan July 8: Back to School July 15: Back to School Aug. 12: Fall Fashion Aug. 19: Labor Day Aug. 26: Rosh Hashanah Sept
4. 
   Today in Pictures: Obama Votes Early, Eid al -Adha Begins and Sandy Hits Cuba

   Fri, 26 Oct 2012

   President Barack Obama jokes with election worker Marie Holmes who double-checked his photo on his drivers license as he signed in for early voting, Oct. 25, 2012, at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Chicago. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Click to see the rest of...
5. Documents Back Up Claims of Requests for Greater Security in Benghazi

   Fri, 19 Oct 2012

   moved from trepidation to euphoria and back as a series of violent incidents has dominated the political landscape during the Ramadan holiday." Stevens describes the incidents as "organized, but this is not an organized campaign." The Supreme Security
6. Today in Pictures: Oct. 18, 2012

   Thu, 18 Oct 2012

   Afghan refugee boy Samiullah Afsar, 5, smiles while carrying a puppy he found in a pile of a garbage, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 18, 2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo) CLICK HERE FOR MORE DAY IN PICTURES ON ABCNEWS.COM!!
7. 
   Saudi Health Officials Brace for Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca

   Wed, 26 Sep 2012

   Arabian health officials are bracing for the Hajj , the annual pilgrimage to Mecca expected more than 8,000 people it infected. " The Hajj brings people from all over world to one fears about swine flu stoked rumors that the Hajj had been canceled. But then Health Minster

Videos

1. 
   Muslims Celebrate End of Fasting

   Tue, 30 Sep 2008

   Millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating a three day festival to mark the end of the month long fasting period of Ramadan . Ramadan commemorates the revelation of the first verses of the car on.

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   festival to mark the end of the month long fasting period of Ramadan . Ramadan commemorates the revelation of the first verses of the car on.
2. 
   Ramadan Around the World

   Mon, 15 Oct 2007

   the world this weekend marked the end of Ramadan a month of fasting prayer and reflection reporters to give us a sense of how the end of Ramadan is being celebrated a in Indonesia and nation. It's celebrating the end of Ramadan . over the weekend fireworks lit up

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   for observers Muslims across the world this weekend marked the end of Ramadan a month of fasting prayer and reflection. We asked a pair of our new digital reporters to give us a sense of how the end of Ramadan is being celebrated a -- in Indonesia and in Kenya. -- I'm Margaret Connolly in Jakarta Indonesia the world's most populous Muslim nation. It's celebrating the end of Ramadan . -- over the weekend fireworks lit up. Prayers were dry -- through loudspeakers in mom you. The capital. -- the end of

   its residents have come here today to gather -- the end of Ramadan and to celebrate -- They come to hear prayer becomes -- -- -- -- -- -- and they come to it worshipped
3. 
   The Hajj Pilgrimage

   Sat, 14 Nov 2009

   This means acknowledging the oneness of god. Surrendering to it cooperating with the way things are an awful. I'm a Muslim. I Revere the same god as my Christian mother and my Jewish father. Paula is simply an Arabic word for the god of Abraham Moses and Jesus. I find the absence of priests and
4. 
   H1N1 and The Hajj

   Wed, 25 Nov 2009

   In Saudi Arabia Muslims are gathering for the it's the largest annual pilgrimage in the world security and safety are always an issue but this year. There's also a threat of Swine Flu that has got organizers working overtime Hassan is in Mecca. Brendan Kennedy the where officials are expecting us
5. 
   Ramadan Becomes Big Business for Muslims

   Tue, 17 Aug 2010

   It's Ramadan the holy month of the Muslim calendar reflection and sacrifice. Well sort of during Ramadan Muslims fast during daylight hours no relax wood blocks of television. During Ramadan nighttime is prime viewing time households

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   It's Ramadan the holy month of the Muslim calendar more than one billion people mark the occasion. It's a time of prayer reflection and sacrifice. Well sort of during Ramadan Muslims fast during daylight hours no food no water no smoking so after sunset they go all out. Often at lavish buffets in five star hotels. And taking the time to relax wood blocks of television. During Ramadan nighttime is prime viewing time households are glued to the screen. An estimated 100 million people -- broadcaster NBC's ten channels alone.
6. 
   Abraham's Story: Foundation of Judaism, Islam and Christianity

   Fri, 21 Dec 2012

   this day trace their lineage right back to abraham through ishmael. Every year millions of muslims make a pilgrimage called the hajj to the place they believe ishmael made his home, mecca is saudi arabia. Here, muslims also believe that abe lam came to

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   abraham through ishmael. Every year millions of muslims make a pilgrimage called the hajj to the place they believe ishmael made his home, mecca is saudi arabia. Here, muslims also believe that abe lam came to
7. 
   Thousands of Pilgrims Stone the Devil

   Thu, 20 Dec 2007

   Pilgrims hurl stones at three pillars representing the devil during the Hajj .