Ramadan in Pictures 2011

The Holy Month of Ramadan began on Monday, August 1, 2011 for most Muslims around the world. Take a look of how Muslims around the world heralded Ramadan, and how they are practicing fasting and other beneficial acts (such as charity, contemplation of God) during Ramadan.

Ramadan in Pictures 2011

Muslims attend mass prayer session "Tarawih", which marks the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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A Palestinian vendor hangs decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan at a market in Jerusalem's Old City July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the back.
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A man sells pickles ahead during a preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar
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A Palestinian woman stands under decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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Tourists stand under decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan at a market in Jerusalem's Old City July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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A vendor arranges limes on display as Jordanians shop in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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Jordanians shop in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Jordanians shop in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Jordanians shop in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Muslim women attend mass prayer session "Tarawih", which marks the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Jordanians shop in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the downtown market area in Amman July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Children play next a man praying before mass prayer session "Tarawih", which marks the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Muslim woman attend mass prayer session "Tarawih", which marks the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al Markaz Al Islami mosque in Makassar, South Sulawesi July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Muslims attend mass prayer session "Tarawih", which marks the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

Jakarta, July 31, 2011
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A Koran is seen next to Egyptian men as they rest at a mosque in Cairo July 31, 2011. Millions of Muslims worldwide will celebrate the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Monday, August 1. Ramadan is where Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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Women shop at a supermarket in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. After six months of mass protests seeking to end president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, demonstrators vow to continue their sit-in at Taghyeer square over the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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A man walks past a sign with the words "He will not leave" scrawled below a picture of president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. After six months of mass protests seeking to end president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, demonstrators vow to continue their sit-in at Taghyeer square over the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Hajj Abdullah, a Yemeni man in his eighties, eats "maloujeh" bread as shop vendors prepare for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. After six months of mass protests seeking to end president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, demonstrators vow to continue their sit-in at Taghyeer square over the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Source: REUTERS

A woman walks past a shop selling spices and vegetables in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. After six months of mass protests seeking to end president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, demonstrators vow to continue their sit-in at Taghyeer square over the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Source: REUTERS

Palestinians shop at a market in Gaza City ahead of the holy month of Ramadan July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

An officer of Malaysia's Islamic authority uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur July 31, 2011. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk. Muslims in Malaysia begin the Ramadan fasting month on Monday.
Source: REUTERS

Darawish Sufi dance group performs a traditional dance to celebrate the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan during the Ajyalouna Festival in Beirut July 30, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Source: REUTERS

A man sells pickles ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Shorja wholesale market in central Baghdad July 30, 2011. Ramadan is the ninth and holiest month in the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset.
Source: REUTERS

Ramadan Pictures Visual Celebration

The Ramadan pictures below have been submitted for an international competition that is ongoing right now. It is not too late for anyone interested in participating in this Ramadan photography competition. Some details of this competition is below.

To find out more, go to: https://www.facebook.com/RamadanPhotography

The International Ramadan Photography Competition will showcase the skills and imagination of professional photographers around the world as they share their techniques and personal anecdotes about cultural and religious traditions during Ramadan.

Ramadan is not only considered to be the most spiritual month in the Islamic calendar but is also a time for families and friends to reunite in peace, prayer and piety. Fasting from sunrise to sunset as a form of spiritual cleansing, self-discipline and empathy for the less fortunate, Muslims during Ramadan practice tolerance, forgiveness and perform good deeds. It is in this spirit that all talented photographers are invited to share their best photography in a unique and unprecedented 30-day visual celebration that will educate and enlighten thousands of viewers around the world.

The competition is open to talented photographers around the world over the age of 18. Cash prizes will be awarded and winners will have their photos published online and in print. Subject categories include: Spiritual, Social & Everything Else. Participants are encouraged to photograph people in prayer, holy places, mosques, iftar and suhoor foods, family gatherings, or even an inspiring shot of natural beauty and landscape taken during the month of Ramadan.

Ramadan Celebrated in Pictures

Name: Naushad Ali
Title: Waiting for Iftar under the shades

Name: Muhammad Mustafa
Title: Preparing his kid for Prayer.
Description: It's Prayer time, teaching your kid Ablution to take his first steps for "Salat" which is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam.
Place: Egypt

Name: Marlon Bautista
Entitled : Sharing
I think Sharing perfectly matches with the spirit of Ramadan: I can see people share their Iftar meals with families and friends, Every Mosque you will find Muslims sharing their food with the poor and elder scholars share their religious teachings.

Name : Aya Shweiki

Name: Salim Al-Harthy
Title: Towards the Mosque
Woman in Abaya rushing to mosque for prayers
Place: Oman - Muscat

Name: Salwa Ali
Title : Colors of Hardwork
Location : Pakistan
Story: Regardless of the conditions,
Whether it be the blazing heat of the sun
Or the desire for cold water while he fasts
The need to earn money and feed his family
Will surely be rewarded by Allah
More than any reward he is given during this lifetime

Name: Meutia Faradilla
Story of the photo : There's tradition in my city (Bandung, Indonesia) called "ngabuburit." It's the time before iftar where people hang around the city, doing things. Most of them are looking for foods for iftar. In this photo, the man sells food, the kind that we will eat for dinner. Every afternoon, we can find people like this man around this street where I took this photo in my city (and on another streets too) who sell foods and snacks. Ramadhan is the month where people not only get the chance to do a lot of ibadaat, but also the chance to earn more money from this business.

Name: Um Faisal
Title: Respect for parents

Ramadan Pictures 2010

Ramadan Pictures 2010

Muslims Worldwide Observe Ramadan with Prayer and Fasting

The last ten days of Ramadan has begun in some places - the last ten days of Ramadan are regarded as very important. Muslims will spend time in increased prayer and reflection.

Here are some pictures of Muslims around the world as they practice the month of Ramadan.

Ramadan in Pictures 2010

Karachi, Pakistan
A vendor sells caps in preparation for Eid.
Zahid Hussein / Reuters

Sanaa, Yemen
Cosmetic Kohl is applied to the eyelids of a young man. Oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of Mohammad mention the use of Kohl frequently. It is believed to contribute towards the Islamic belief in thawaab, or reward.
Khaled Fazaa / AFP / Getty

Tehran, Iran
A woman leaves her shoes outside the Imam Khomeini Mosque.
Mohammad Kheirkhah / UPI / Landov


Dushanbe, Tajikistan
During the holiday, observant Muslims get up before dawn to eat, then pray and then do not eat again until after the fourth prayer of the day, which occurs around sunset.
Nozim Kalandarov / Reuters

Jerusalem, Israel
Palestinian women attend the first Friday prayers of the month at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Ammar Awad / Reuters

Mathura, India
Young boys read the Koran at a madrasa, or religious school.
K. K. Arora / Reuters

Khartoum, Sudan
Men praying at the main mosque. Every day during the course of the month 1/30th of the Koran is recited, so that by the end of the month the entire book has been completed.
Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla / Reuters

St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Women pray at the Islamic Community Center in south St. Louis.
Christian Gooden / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Foreign workers gather for iftar, the meal which marks the end of the daily fast during the holy month.
Reuters

Amman, Jordan
A shopkeeper hangs decorative lights in his store in celebration of the holiday.
Majed Jaber / Reuters

Ramadan Singapore Photos

Ramadan in Singapore 2010

Every Ramadan in Singapore, a food bazaar is held at Arab Street selling tasty food for the breaking of the fast (puasa). Muslim and non-Muslim Singaporeans alike go to this food bazaar. Some delicacies sold at the food bazaar are only available during Ramadan, for instance, the Kathirah drink. So if you happen to be in Singapore during this beautiful month, go ahead and drop by Arab Street and visit the bazaar to soak in the atmosphere.

Here are some sights of the Ramadan food bazaar in Singapore, contributed by a Singaporean reader.

Ramadan Singapore Pictures 2010

Sultan Mosque in Arab Street, Singapore
Oldest Mosque in Singapore, First built in 1824.
Present Mosque Structure was Built in 1925.

Dates Galore.
Every Muslim break their fast with dates, even in Singapore!



Multitude Benefits of Dates :)

Chicken Shawarma

Ramly Burger
Meat Patties from Malaysia
Used to Make Burgers in Singapore
Very Popular!

Roti John (Roti is Malay for Bread)
The origin of the 'John' in the name is supposedly due to the
Western origin of the Baguette and the tomato sauce used in the dish.
The ingredients include minced meat (chicken or mutton), onion, egg,
tomato-chilli sauce and a baguette-type loaf.

Malay Desserts