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| | Online NewsHour Extra: The Buzz |
 | | Ramadan, The Lent and Yom Kippur are all religious observances of fasting by the Muslims, Christians and Jews accordingly. | | | I always strive to read the whole Quran, the holy book of Islam, during Ramadan. | | | As a Muslim-American it is my duty to educate others and try to prevent religious ignorance. |
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| | Ramadan-INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS -RAMADAN, THE FASTING MONTH Quran, A Numerically Structured Book, Mathematical Miracle of the Quran, Dr. Rashad Khalifa, Quran Translations, Comparison of available translations. Qu'ran, Quranic, Koran, Ko'ran Math, miracl |
| | Ramadan is one of two major religious celebrations for the Muslims during the year. | | | Muslims like Jews, use a lunar calendar for their religious observances. | | | Ramadan is important for Muslims because it is believed to be the month during which the Holy Quran (the Muslims Holy book) was revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad (570-632 C.E.). |
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| | Throughout the Muslim world this fast, although commanded only once in the Qur'an, is rigidly observed, even by those who are otherwise lax in religious observances. | | | Abbas reported that the Apostle of Allah, Muhammed (may peace be upon him), referring to Ramadan, declared: Do not begin to fast until you have seen the crescent and do not leave the fast until you see it, and if there are clouds, complete thirty days. | | | Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (between right and wrong). |
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| | UU Faithworks: Worship, Summer/Fall 2004 |
| | Ramadan is the month when Muslims believe that the first verses of their holy book, the Qur’an, were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad some 1,400 years ago. | | | The observance recalls the war fought by the Maccabees in the cause of religious freedom. | | | Rohatsu) is when Buddhists of the Pure Land tradition recall the enlightenment of the Buddha in 596 BCE. |
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| | The Muslims Internet Directory: GLOSSARY FOR THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM |
| | Muslim calendric observances include fasting during the month of Ramadan, followed by the feast of fast breaking (id al-fitr), and the time for pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) and associated practices such as the Feast of Sacrifice. | | | A general term used in religion discussions to indicate a person or view that attempts to interpret the scriptures and other recognized classical religious authorities in a straightforward, literal manner. | | | A general term for formal aspects and interrelationships of religious observance, often as focused on a particular phenomenon (e.g. |
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| | Institute of Islamic Studies and Centre for Study of Society and Secularism |
| | This fixation on the lunar calendar results in a continuous variations of the seasonal circumstances in which those religious observances are performed
..(Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Quran). | | | Most of the Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan and hence they are quite anxious to celebrate Eid at the end of their fasting. | | | And all the calendars in the world are based on this fact. |
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