One of the oldest traditions of Ramadan is waking people up with the sound of drums before the pre-dawn meal. Although this ...

Iraq has officially confirmed March 1 as the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, following the announcement of the moon ...

Show portraying life of first Umayyad caliph banned in Iraq over sectarian tension fears and criticised in Egypt over ...

Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Ramadan 2025 is expected to be declared later today as moonsightings take place in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Pakistan ...

Amid fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon and shifting dynamics for Iran, Syria and others, the region is preparing for the ...

With the holy month begins, shopkeepers haggle and housewives fret—how much will that iftar staple, date, cost this time?

The first image of the Ramadan crescent in the Islamic world was captured on Friday, February 28, 2025, from Abu Dhabi by the Al-Khatim Astronomical Observatory. Iraq has declared that Saturday ...

The holy month, during which hundreds of millions of faithful around the world observe a daytime fast, traditionally begins ...

However, differences in determining the start of Ramadan remained across the Islamic world. Some countries, including Iran and parts of Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon, declared that Sunday, March 2 ...

Leaders in Iraq and Iran declared Sunday as the start of the holy month, as did Morocco, Pakistan and India. Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines will begin observing Sunday. Ramadan will now last ...