A Yemeni girl wearing traditional costume, attends a festival for
children to welcome the Holy month of Ramadan in the old city of Sanaa,
Yemen, on July 8, 2013. Muslims throughout the world including Yemen
prepared for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the
Islamic calendar with the dawn-to-dusk fast, prayers and spiritual
introspection. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Muslim clerics scan the horizon for the crescent moon that will
determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in
Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Egyptians shop in a market on the eve of Ramadan, the sacred holy month
for Muslims where many will fast from sun-up to sun-down, on July 9,
2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man reads verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book, at
al-Omari mosque on the first day of Ramadan, on July 10, 2013 in Gaza
City. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
An Afghan worker carries sweets at a traditional factory ahead of the
Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2013.
(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A Pakistani Muslim performs ablutions before evening prayer at
historical Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 10, 2013. (AP
Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Palestinian boy looks at a traditional Ramadan lantern in a street
market in Gaza City, on July 6, 2013. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish anti-government protesters gather as they break their first day
of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Istiklal street, the
main shopping corridor, on July 9, 2013 in Istanbul. (Bulent
Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
Thousands of people sit on Istiklal Avenue, in Istanbul, Turkey, on
July 9, 2013. Thousands broke the fast on the first day of Ramadan in a
kind of spontaneous form of protest sitting in a line of some hundred
meters from Galatasaray University to Taksim Square on the street
chanting slogans while eating together. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Anti-government protesters eat as they break their fast on the first
day Ramadan as police officers take position at Taksim Square in
Istanbul, on July 9, 2013. Turkish police allowed thousands of
protesters who have been trying to block the redevelopment of a park in
Istanbul to break their Ramadan fast on Tuesday before resuming efforts
to get them to leave the area. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)
Turkish anti-government protesters break their first day of fasting for
of Ramadan on Istiklal street, on July 9, 2013 in Istanbul. (Ozan
Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
Workers clean the floor of the Badshahi Mosque ahead of the holy month
of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 9, 2013. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)
A Palestinian arranges dates for sale on the first day of Ramadan in a
market in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 10, 2013.
(Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
Students perform an afternoon prayer on the first day of Ramadan, at
Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra,
Indonesia, on July 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
An Indonesian woman plays a game on her tablet during a sermon on the
first night of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, on July 9,
2013. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images)
Indonesian Muslim women hold prayers on the first night of Ramadan at
the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, on July 9, 2013. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty
Images)
Students perform an afternoon prayer on the first day of the holy
fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding
school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on July 10, 2013. (AP
Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Muslims pray in the first Tarawih to mark the start of the month of
Ramadan in Cheng Ho Mosque on July 9, 2013 in Surabaya, Indonesia.
(Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)
A child walks near members of the Muslim community attending midday
prayers at Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France on the first
day of Ramadan, July 9, 2013. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)
A child leans down near members of the Muslim community attending
midday prayers at Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France on the
first day of Ramadan, July 9, 2013. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)
Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past Ramadan decorations, in the
old city of Jerusalem on July 7, 2013, as people prepare for the
upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty
Images)
Mosque workers prepare food for distribution to the poor and Muslims
who come to break their fast at Noor Mosque in Nairobi, Kenya, on July
10, 2013. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
A pastry chef holds a tray of Arabic sweets at his bakery in Gaza City
on the eve of the start of Ramadan, on July 9, 2013. (Mohammed
Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
An Indonesian Muslim man reads the Quran at a mosque on July 9, 2013 in
Jakarta, Indonesia. (Syamsul Bahri Muhammad/Getty Images)
Muslims attend an evening communal prayer session called "Tarawih" to
mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Bajrakli mosque in
Belgrade, Serbia, on July 9, 2013. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)
A woman looks at products as she buys food supplies at a supermarket,
as Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan in Dubai, on July 8,
2013. (Reuters/Jumana El Heloueh)
A Palestinian arranges qatayef, a dessert traditionally eaten during
Ramadan, for sale on the first day of Ramadan in the West Bank city of
Ramallah, on July 10, 2013. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
Floral offerings are laid out for visitors making pilgrimages to visit
the graves of family members before Ramadan, on July 9, 2013 in
Surabaya, Indonesia. (Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)
A family reads verses from the Koran at a relative's grave in a
cemetery, a day before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, on
July 9, 2013. Traditionally Indonesian Muslims will visit the graves of
their relatives before and towards the end of the the holy month.
(Reuters/Enny Nuraheni)
People nap while waiting to break their fast in Istiqlal mosque during
the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, on July
10, 2013. (Reuters/Enny Nuraheni)
A woman sells dates and cereals in a street market in Abobo, suburb of
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on July 9, 2013, on the first day of Ramadan.
(Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)
Muslims attend an evening communal prayer session called "Tarawih" to
mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Bajrakli mosque in
Belgrade, Serbia, on July 9, 2013. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)