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1. For a Sudan on the Brink, Ramadan Nights Provide Cool Relief

Author

Walsh, Declan and Eassa, Abdulmonam

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Fasts and feasts -- Islam, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

''We come here to forget it all,'' one young musician said during the daily end of the fast. ''The heat, the electricity cuts, the protests. Here, at least, we can [...]

Published
2022

2. Bound by Bridge, 2 Baghdad Enclaves Drift Far Apart

Author

Rubin, Alissa J.

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Neighborhood -- Appreciation -- Social aspects, Sunnites -- Social aspects -- Appreciation, Shiites -- Social aspects -- Appreciation
Abstract

BAGHDAD -- Al Imams Bridge spans the Tigris River between two of the oldest communities in Baghdad -- one Sunni, the other Shiite -- and on Ramadan evenings it can […]

Published
2014

3. Teenage Summer, the Fasting Version

Author

Dominus, Susan

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Practice, Summer -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Why was Jay Mustafic, 14, wearing slippers over his tube socks the other afternoon on a basketball court in his neighborhood in Ridgewood, Queens? The slippers -- technically more like [...]

Published
2010

4. Indonesia Moves to Block Pornographic Web Sites

Author

Belford, Aubrey

Subjects
Internet filtering software -- Usage, Public officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Internet pornography -- Prevention -- Usage, Ramadan -- Social aspects
Abstract

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia is taking steps to block pornographic Web sites before the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the country's information minister said Thursday, defying local [...]

Published
2010

5. For Ramadan Viewing: A TV Drama Against Extremism

Author

Slackman, Michael

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Television programs -- Social aspects, Terrorism -- Prevention -- Portrayals -- Social aspects
Abstract

Yassin al-Bach never returned home after bomb blasts tore through London's Underground. Since he was a religious Muslim, with a beard and a small white skullcap, he was immediately presumed […]

Published
2006

6. As Ramadan draws to a close, Bush praises Muslims for 'spirit of tolerance'

Author

Stevenson, Richard W.

Subjects
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Social aspects, Ramadan -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Appreciation -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Islam -- Appreciation -- United States, Islam and politics -- Social aspects
Abstract

Appearing at a Muslim center here, President Bush warmly praised Muslims today for a 'spirit of tolerance,' distancing himself from an increasingly assertive campaign by some American conservatives to cast […]

Published
2002

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