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Ramadan 2003
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim Calendar. It is during this month that Muslims observe the Fast of Ramadan. For the entire month, Muslims fast during the daylight hours and in the evening eat small meals and visit with friends and family. Smoking and sexual relations are also forbidden during fasting. At the end of the day the fast is broken with prayer and a meal called the iftar. In the evening following the iftar it is customary for Muslims to go out visiting family and friends. The fast is resumed the next morning.
The Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad during the month of Ramadan. The month is a special time of worship, Qur'an reading, charitable acts, and individual reflection and purification. All Muslims who have reached puberty are required to fast. Exceptions include men and women who are too ill or old to fast, women in advanced stages of pregnancy, and women who are menstruating.
According to the Holy Qur’an:
One may eat and drink at any time during the night "until you can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daylight: then keep the fast until night".
And
Ramadan is the month during which the Qur'an was revealed, providing guidance for the people, clear teachings, and the statute book. Those of you who witness this month shall fast therein. (2:185).
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar one. In 638 CE, Umar ibn Al-Khattab (592-644) Raa introduced the calendar as a way of consolidating the various calendars then in common usage among Muslim peoples. The years are measured from the date when Muhammad migrated to the city of Medina, on July 16, 622 CE. The calendar is also called the Hijri Calendar as this migration is called the Hegira.
The western dates of Ramadan move up about 10 days every year. Muslims celebrate the end of the fast with the festival of Eid ul-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast), when they attend special congregational prayers in the morning and greet each other with "Eid Mubarak", or "Holiday Blessings".
How many Muslims are there in the world?
“Estimates of the total number of Muslims in the world vary greatly:
0.700 billion or more, Barnes & Noble Encyclopedia 1993
0.817 billion, The Universal Almanac (1996)
0.951 billion, The Cambridge Factfinder (1993)
1.100 billion, The World Almanac (1997)
1.200 billion, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic relations)
“At a level of 1.2 billion, they represent about 22% of the world's population. They are the second largest religion in the world. Only Christianity is larger, with 33% of the world's inhabitants.
“Islam is growing about 2.9% per year. This is faster than the total world population which increases about 2.3% annually. It is thus attracting a progressively larger percentage of the world's population.”
Source: ReligiousTolerance.org
The Story of Ramadan
Children’s Activities for Ramadan
Send someone a free Ramadan e-card from Wilson’s Almanac
Ramadan and Id-Ul-Fitr Greeting Cards
Ramadan around the world
More on Ramadan
http://www.fasting.com/
Nutritional Program for Fasting
Fasting across the religions Ba’ha’i, Buddhist, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Protestant
US State Department: Islam in the USA
Islam Information Australia
Ramadan 2003
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim Calendar. It is during this month that Muslims observe the Fast of Ramadan. For the entire month, Muslims fast during the daylight hours and in the evening eat small meals and visit with friends and family. Smoking and sexual relations are also forbidden during fasting. At the end of the day the fast is broken with prayer and a meal called the iftar. In the evening following the iftar it is customary for Muslims to go out visiting family and friends. The fast is resumed the next morning.
The Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad during the month of Ramadan. The month is a special time of worship, Qur'an reading, charitable acts, and individual reflection and purification. All Muslims who have reached puberty are required to fast. Exceptions include men and women who are too ill or old to fast, women in advanced stages of pregnancy, and women who are menstruating.
According to the Holy Qur’an:
One may eat and drink at any time during the night "until you can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daylight: then keep the fast until night".
And
Ramadan is the month during which the Qur'an was revealed, providing guidance for the people, clear teachings, and the statute book. Those of you who witness this month shall fast therein. (2:185).
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar one. In 638 CE, Umar ibn Al-Khattab (592-644) Raa introduced the calendar as a way of consolidating the various calendars then in common usage among Muslim peoples. The years are measured from the date when Muhammad migrated to the city of Medina, on July 16, 622 CE. The calendar is also called the Hijri Calendar as this migration is called the Hegira.
The western dates of Ramadan move up about 10 days every year. Muslims celebrate the end of the fast with the festival of Eid ul-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast), when they attend special congregational prayers in the morning and greet each other with "Eid Mubarak", or "Holiday Blessings".
How many Muslims are there in the world?
“Estimates of the total number of Muslims in the world vary greatly:
0.700 billion or more, Barnes & Noble Encyclopedia 1993
0.817 billion, The Universal Almanac (1996)
0.951 billion, The Cambridge Factfinder (1993)
1.100 billion, The World Almanac (1997)
1.200 billion, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic relations)
“At a level of 1.2 billion, they represent about 22% of the world's population. They are the second largest religion in the world. Only Christianity is larger, with 33% of the world's inhabitants.
“Islam is growing about 2.9% per year. This is faster than the total world population which increases about 2.3% annually. It is thus attracting a progressively larger percentage of the world's population.”
Source: ReligiousTolerance.org
The Story of Ramadan
Children’s Activities for Ramadan
Send someone a free Ramadan e-card from Wilson’s Almanac
Ramadan and Id-Ul-Fitr Greeting Cards
Ramadan around the world
More on Ramadan
http://www.fasting.com/
Nutritional Program for Fasting
Fasting across the religions Ba’ha’i, Buddhist, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Protestant
US State Department: Islam in the USA
Islam Information Australia
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