When is Ramadan? Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, begins on Wednesday, March 22 in the United States and continues through April 21, ending in the holiday Eid al-Fitr. What is ...

Conflicting accounts detail the origin of this Ramadan ritual, though all point to Cairo. One follows that a 15th-century Mamluk dynasty sultan tested a cannon gifted to him, firing it at sunset ...

Ramadan is expected to begin around March 1 and last through around March 29, according to the Islamic Network Group. The exact date always depends on the sighting of the crescent moon.

Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims dedicated to fasting, prayer, studying and reciting the Quran. Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month in which God revealed the Quran to the prophet Muhammad.

Ramadan is followed by the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Ramadan’s religious rituals and spiritual essence unite diverse Muslim communities around the world.

Many Muslims around the world will begin fasting on Monday to mark the start of Ramadan. Here's what to know about Islam's holiest month and how it's observed.

Monday, May 6, marks the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The tradition began in the seventh century and commemorates the month when the Prophet Mohammed retreated to a cave north of ...

For the first week of Ramadan, Palestinians in Gaza marked the holy month with a respite from war. Then Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas. The fighting and blockade mean there's little to celebrate.

Food shortages are reportedly worst in the north, where some say they are abstaining from food and water from sunrise to sunset not because of Ramadan, but because they have no other choice ...

Ramadan this year falls in the height of summer when days are longest. Many observant Muslims are fasting 16 hours a day or longer, so their pre-dawn breakfast needs to be hydrating and satiating.