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Welcome to a celebration of the Muslim holiday of
Ramadan. Observed by more than one billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan
is a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting,
self-sacrifice and prayers. Celebrated during the ninth month of Islamic
calendar, the fast is observed each day from sunrise to sunset. Fasting
during Ramadan is one of the five Pillars of Islam. The Islamic belief that
requires that Muslims perform five central duties in order to strengthen
their faith. While Islam has two major sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites,
all Muslims aim to realize these five pillars in their lifetime. Ramadan concludes with a 3-day festival known as
"Eid" or "Eid ul-Fitr," which literally means "the feast of the breaking/to
break the fast." The holiday marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of
fasting and is a culmination of the month-long struggle towards a higher
spiritual state
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