Muslims around the world are currently observing the ninth month of Islamic calendar, Ramadan, where they fast from dawn till dusk. No food or water is to be eaten during fasting time, to honour the first revelation of the Quran to Prophet Muhammad, according to Islamic beliefs. Religious rituals unite people no matter where they are, who they are - no matter their gender or colour. This unity is blatantly visible in these photographs of Muslims observing Ramadan from around the world: 1. A woman prays at a shrine before breaking her fast in Mumbai, India. 2. A man reads the Quran at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, in Srinagar. 3. Muslims pray after offering the first Friday prayers inside Sarkhej Roza mosque in Ahmedabad, India. 4. A Palestinian woman lifting a girl on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. 5. A Palestinian woman prays in Jerusalem's Old City. 6. Fishermen sit on a fishing boat as they prepare to break their fast during a Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Ibrahim Hyderi, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. 7. Men arrange food plates for passersby to break their fast in Karachi, Pakistan. 8. A man reads the Quran in a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 9. Muslim American woman Emily Miry, 24, takes part in an afternoon prayer at the Islamic Cultural Center in Manhattan, New York. 10. People pose for selfie as they break their fast at the main shopping and pedestrian street of Istiklal on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in central Istanbul, Turkey. 11. A man performs (Wuduh) ablution before offering the evening prayer at a mosque in Kolkata, India. 12. An official looks through a telescope for the sighting of the new moon in Jakarta, Indonesia. 13. Muslims perform tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore. 14. Indonesian Muslims pray for the first day at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. 15. Officials from the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organization use telescopes for the sighting of the new moon for the start of Ramadan in a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. 16. A man arranges sweets to be sold ahead of Ramadan in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria. 17. A girl waits for the sun to set as she prepares to break fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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