Holy month of Ramadan marked around world

Source:Xinhua Published: 2016-6-8 16:36:06

Bangladeshi Muslims buy traditional food for Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast, during the Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 7, 2016. (Xinhua)


 

Bangladeshi Muslims buy traditional food for Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast, during the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 7, 2016. (Xinhua)


 

People buy food at a downtown Ramadan market in Banda Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei, June 7, 2016. (Xinhua/Jeffrey Wong)


 

Indian Muslims pray on the first evening of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2016. This year's Ramadan began in India Tuesday, after the Ramadan moon being sighted in various parts of India Monday. (Xinhua/Bi Xiaoyang)


 

Indian Muslims have meal after the first sunset of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2016. This year's Ramadan began in India Tuesday, after the Ramadan moon being sighted in various parts of India Monday. (Xinhua/Bi Xiaoyang)


 

An Indian Muslim woman prays before the first sunset of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2016. This year's Ramadan began in India Tuesday, after the Ramadan moon being sighted in various parts of India Monday. (Xinhua/Bi Xiaoyang)


 

The family members of Abu Ali gather around a breakfast table to break their fast of the holy month of Ramadan in Damascus, capital of Syria, on June 7, 2016. The family of six escaped the Islamic State (IS) rule in the northern city of al-Raqqa and sought refuge in the Damascus' district of Jaramanah. (Xinhua/Ammar)


 

Pakistani Muslims pray to break their fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on June 7, 2016. Islam's holy month of Ramadan is celebrated by Muslims worldwide marked by fasting, abstaining from foods, sex and smoking from dawn to dusk for soul cleansing and strengthening the spiritual bond between them and the Almighty. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)


 

A man distributes food among people to break their fast at a mosque on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on June 7, 2016. Islam's holy month of Ramadan is celebrated by Muslims worldwide marked by fasting, abstaining from foods, sex and smoking from dawn to dusk for soul cleansing and strengthening the spiritual bond between them and the Almighty. (Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed)


 

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