Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and feasts. But the tribulations faced by fellow Muslims are never far from anyone’s mind. War and starvation in the Gaza Strip casts an especially dark shadow this year. (AP video: Imaid Issaid in Ramallah, Idi Ali Juma in Nairobi, Mohsen Ganji in Tehran, Muhmmad Farooq in Karachi, Ali Jabar in Baghdad, Fadlan Syam in Jakarta, Eldar Emric and Florent Bajrami in Srajevo)
Muslims welcome the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of joy and deep concern
Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and feasts. But the tribulations faced by fellow Muslims are never far from anyone’s mind. War and starvation in the Gaza Strip casts an especially dark shadow this year. (AP video: Imaid Issaid in Ramallah, Idi Ali Juma in Nairobi, Mohsen Ganji in Tehran, Muhmmad Farooq in Karachi, Ali Jabar in Baghdad, Fadlan Syam in Jakarta, Eldar Emric and Florent Bajrami in Srajevo)
