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Ramadan. 9 th month of the Muslim calendar (Sha’aban). The month of Ramadan is marked by the sighting of the new moon. Ramadan lasts 30 days This year Ramadan began on Tuesday 4 th October 2005. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ramadan
9th month of the Muslim calendar (Sha’aban)
• The month of Ramadan is marked by the sighting of the new moon
• Ramadan lasts 30 days
• This year Ramadan began on Tuesday 4th October 2005
• Ramadan is an important social and religious time for over a billion (1,000,000,000) Muslims throughout the world
• It is considered to be the holiest period of the Islamic Year
• The Quran; the holy book of the Muslims was revealed during this month, 14 centuries ago
Quran
• Each day during Ramadan, Muslim families get up early before sunrise to eat a morning meal together and to perform the Fajr prayer (salah)
Fasting (Sawm)
• Muslims like to pray as much as they can during this month and many manage to read the entire Quran
Prayers/Salah
• Prayers can be offered at a mosque or at home
Al- Aqsa Mosque Muslims praying at Regent’s Park mosque
• When Muslims pray they cover their hair to show their respect for Allah (God)
• Boys wear hats• Girls wear scarves
Prayers/Salah
• At sunset Muslims across the world break their fasts
Most Muslims like to break their fasts with dates and water
• This is then followed by a variety of delicious foods
• Not all Muslims fast during Ramadan
Charity
Self-purification (inner & outer)
Muslims practice:
• Ramadan ends with a celebration called 'Eid-Ul-Fitr (eed-al-fitter), or the Festival of Fast-Breaking
• This year Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Thursday 3rd November
Islamic clock
Makkah – centre of the Muslim world
Thank you‘Ramadan Mubarak’
After prayers everyone wishes each other a huge
‘EID MUBARAK’
Yummy sweets and desserts are then eaten to mark the occasion
• Then it’s time to dress up in your best clothes and shoes
• Friends and families like to get together on Eid-ul-Fitr to celebrate the special day
• Girls and women like to decorate their hands with beautiful patterns using mendhi paste (henna)
• Eid cards, gifts and money are often exchanged
• The partying goes on, sometimes all through the night