For Muslims across the world, the holy month of Ramadan has begun, and Muslims across Minnesota have started their daily fasts. Ramadan commemorates the first revelation of the Quran to Prophet Muhammad.

Observant Muslims worldwide will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts.

Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets and new clothes and taking part in traditional festivities as millions mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, set to begin Saturday. Each region in the vast archipelago nation of 17,

The holy month of Ramadan has begun with thousands of Muslims across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough taking part. It is the most important time in the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast and refrain from eating or drinking between dawn and sunset.

Hundreds of millions of Muslims began the fasting month of Ramadan on Saturday. In Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia, March 1 has been declared as the first day of fasting. The start is based on the sighting of the new moon crescent and can therefore vary depending on the country.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting. According to Islamic tradition, it was during Ra