Ramadhan in Pictures

Friday, November 8th, 2002
Reprinted from the BBC Online

Watching the sun set. Soon it will be time for futoor and Maghreb

Ramadan is not only a time of abstinence, but also speciality food during the hours of darkness. These chefs have prepared a cake shaped like a mosque.

Ahead of the fast, Turkish peacekeepers helped distribute the fasting schedules to residents of the Afghan capital, Kabul

Ramadan, which begins when the new moon appears, will not be until Thursday in Pakistan (above) and India

The fate of Iraq is on many Muslims' minds

... and ironically-named "Saddam Hussein mass destruction" dates are selling well in Cairo

American Muslims have had one eye on elections and another on stocking up for the fast. These women in Virginia, USA are buying halal meat.

Turkey has also just come out of elections - in which an Islamic-based party scored a landslide victory

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