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Important Religious Days




                                                              Fridays

                                                              Friday is the most important day of the week. On that day Muslims must congregate
                                                   to listen to Khutbah Speech, perform Friday prayer, and Dhuhr prayer, which is the prayer to
                                                   Allah. These practices are gestures of commemoration to Allah. The rites take approximately half
                                                   an hour. Before one enters the congregation, each person must cleanse his body well and dress
                                                   in clean clothing; then he is ready to listen diligently to the sermon and partake in the practice.

                                                              The Ramadan Month

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                                                               Ramadan is the month of fasting and is in the 9  lunar month of the Islamic
                                                   Calendar. During this period, Muslims must refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, and
                                                   engaging in sexual relations. This daily period lasts from dawn to night fall after the sunset. Ones
                                                   who may be excused from fasting in Ramadaan are those who have some special condition,
                                                   such as those who are suffering from illness, or are pregnant and breastfeeding, traveling, or
                                                   have a chronic decease, etc. They can omit the fasting altogether, or make it up later. One such
                                                   compensation is to give food for charity to poor people.






































                                                   Friday Prayer of the Muslims





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                                                              The Day of ‘Eid al-Fitr’
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