To mark the Holy beginning — Muslims observe Ramazan

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To mark the Holy beginning — Muslims observe Ramazan
18th June 2015 | AGENCIES
More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset.

The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Wednesday that since Ramazan moon had not been sighted, the holy month would begin on Friday.

“No witness testimony regarding moon-sighting was received from across the country,” the committee’s chairman, Mufti Munibur Rehman, said at a press conference after a meeting at the Karachi Met Office.

Meetings of the regional committees were held in provincial capitals and representatives of the committee were present in almost every district.

Afghan Muslims buy dates ahead of the Holy month of Ramazan at a roadside stall in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. -AFP
Dates are being sold on arrival of holy month of Ramzan- ul-Mubarak, at Bolton Market in Karachi. -PPI

A shopkeeper grabs perfumes for a customer ahead of Ramazan in Rawalpindi. -AP

A Muslim man reads the Quran during the first day of the fasting month of Ramazan at a Mosque on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. -AP

A vendor displaying beads (Tasbih) at his shop in a market. -APP

An Egyptian vendor organizes traditional lanterns known in Arabic as "Fanous" sold during the Muslim Holy month of Ramazan. -AFP

A lady purchasing cap for her son from a vendor in a local market of Lahore. -APP

Muslims gather in the iconic Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. -AP

A man prepares special sweets at a small traditional factory ahead of the holy month of Ramazan in Kabul, Afghanistan. -Reuters

 

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Palestinian people take part in a prayer called Tarawih, on the eve of the Holy fasting month of Ramazan in Gaza City. -AFP

Children prepare cookies at a small traditional factory ahead of the Holy month of Ramazan in Kabul, Afghanistan. -Reuters

A Palestinian boy celebrates with fireworks during the Muslim Holy month of Ramazan, in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip. -AFP

A vendor sells vermicelli to customers ahead of Ramazan in Rawalpindi. -AP

An Afghan watermelon vendor prepares for his customers ahead of the Holy month of Ramazan at a stall on the roadside in Kabul, Afghanistan. -AFP

A man tries a prayer cap to buy from a stall outside a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramazan. -Reuters

A Chinese Muslim man offers prayers on the first day of Ramazan, Beijing. -AP

A worshipper is seen at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore after dusk. -AP/FilePhoto

 

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Muslims pray in the iconic Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. -AP

A Malaysian Muslim man is silhouetted as he performs his prayers at a mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia. -AP

Migrants pray on June 17, 2015, on the eve of the Holy fasting month of Ramazan, in the city of Ventimiglia, in Italy, near the French border. -AFP

Men checks a selection of prayer beads for purchase ahead of the holy month of Ramazan in Kabul, Afghanistan. -Reuters

A Palestinian girl holds a traditional lantern known in Arabic as "Fanous" sold during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. -AFP

Afghan shoppers walk through a market ahead of the Holy month of Ramazan at a market in Kabul. -AFP

Egyptians walk past traditional lanterns known in Arabic as "Fanous" sold during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Saida Zeinab district in the capital Cairo. -AFP