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Article: HOME COOK; 3-day feast follows Ramadan fast; Foods made for celebration varies around the world.(TASTE)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 21, 2000
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For Muslims around the world, one of the basic religious obligations is fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, which this year began in the last week of November. The dawn-to-dusk fast each day, which permits no eating, drinking or sensual pleasures, is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. An aspect of this fast is described as teaching humility and self-control, and heightening sensitivity to the suffering of the poor.
Ramadan, a month of prayer and reflection, commemorates the revelation of the first parts of the Qur'an to Muhammad, whom Muslims hold to be the last of the prophets (including Abraham, Isaac, David, Moses and Jesus) who brought God's message to ...