August 24, 2011

Muslims attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan, at Penang State Mosque on July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world congregate for special evening prayers called âTarawihâ during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Picture by Abdul Hafiz Abdul Hamid

A boy read a Quran at a Mosque before start the holy month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur. July 31, 2011. Malaysian will celebrate the holy month of Ramadan depend on sighting of the moon same as other muslim countries.Picture by Shahril Badri

A Muslim woman perform a tarawikh prayer during the eve of first day of Ramadhan at Penang State Mosque, Malaysia, July 31, 2011.Malaysians welcome the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on August 1.Picture by Abdul Hafiz Abdul Hamid

Workers arrange meal for Iftar inside a cabinet at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2011. Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and intimacy with their partners during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God.Picture by Adi Harire

A man reads the Koran at a Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, August 8, 2011.Muslims around the world will spend their Ramadan, not only fasting from dawn to dusk for a month, but many will also spend it reciting the Quran daily.Picture by Najjua Zulkefli.

An officer of Malaysia's Islamic authority uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Kuala Sungai Baru, Perlis on July 31, 2011. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk.Picture by Abdul Ramdzhani

Members of Malaysia's Islamic authority uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur July 31, 2011. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk.Picture by Azahari Salleh

Muslim womens attend prayer on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan, at Penang State Mosque on July 31, 2011. Muslims around the world congregate for special evening prayers called âTarawihâ during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan - Abdul Hafiz Abdul Hamid

A women buys a guava juice at Ramadhan bazaar in Pahang on August 4, 2011.Ramadhan is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and sexual intimacy with their legal partners during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God.Picture by Bazli Ahmad

A boy looks at his friend during the first prayer night of Ramadan in Penang on 31 July 2011.Malaysians welcome the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on August 1. Photo by Fahmi Hamid

A Man offer a prayer at mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, August 7, 2011. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dust. Picture by Nasriah Muhammad.