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  2. Ramadan in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Celebrations and preparations for Ramadan begin on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, known as "Haq al-Laila" (Arabic: حق الليلة) in the UAE. The month is filled with entertainment, spiritual, and cultural ...

  3. Ramadan - Wikipedia

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    Men praying during Ramadan at the Shrine of Ali or "Blue Mosque" in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan A mass prayer during the 1996 Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Zakat, often translated as "the poor-rate", is the fixed percentage of income a believer is required to give to the poor; the practice is obligatory as one of the pillars of ...

  4. Ramadan (month) - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.

  5. Why is Ramadan starting at different times this year? - AOL

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    Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is when Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It lasts 29 or 30 days, depending on the moon sighting.

  6. Salah times - Wikipedia

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    Sundial indicating prayer times, situated in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia. Author: Keith Roper. Salat times are prayer times when Muslims perform salat. The term is primarily used for the five daily prayers including the Friday prayer, which takes the place of the Dhuhr prayer and must be performed in a group of aibadat.

  7. Iftar - Wikipedia

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    Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.

  8. Iftar Cannon - Wikipedia

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    Dubai Police fire the Iftar Cannon by Burj Khalifa. Though the tradition is practiced today in most parts of the Arab world, the blast of the cannon was first used to inform the entire city of the time of Iftar, before the invention of accurate clocks and mass media. The cannon is first fired to herald the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan ...

  9. List of mosques in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The largest mosque in the city and one of the largest in the UAE. [4] [5] It is near an ancient mosque dated to the Islamic Golden Age, possibly the oldest mosque in the country. [6] [7] Sheikha Salama Mosque: Al Ain 2011 (current structure) Formerly the largest mosque in Al Ain. [8] [9] Grand Mosque of Dubai: Dubai: 1998 Jumeirah Mosque: Dubai ...