Ramadan 2012

• Awka – As Muslims prepare to start this year's Ramadan, the Hausa community in Anambra has appealed to the state government to provide adequate security for their members.
(Vanguard)
• Sharjah: As the holy month nears, there's a festive air everywhere. To add to this the Sharjah Ramadan Festival 2012 started yesterday across the emirate and will run until August 25.
(Gulf News)
• Starting Friday, more than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will observe the month of Ramadan, fasting dawn until sunset. Fasting during this month is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and it is a form of worship.
(Miami Herald)
• 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-defendants are seeking to postpone their Aug. 8-12 hearing at Guantánamo, noting it falls toward the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The trial judge, Army Col.
(Miami Herald)
• The holiest month in the Islamic year begins tonight when Ramadan arrives. Beliefnet says its significance comes from the Prophet Mohammed, who received the Quran during this time.
(NPR News)
• Tennessee Muslims who won a court battle to occupy their new mosquelearned Thursday they wont be able to begin worshipping there for the start of Ramadan because it needs about two weeks more of construction work.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• The U.S. Military Judge presiding over the trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants has suspended hearings at Guantanamo Bay to avoid a conflict with the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.
(Big Hollywood)
• Ziyaad Mia's coffee cup gets an annual, month-long rest. It's simply not needed during Ramadan, the holy month of daily fasting for Muslims. Starting July 20, he and over a billion other Muslims will abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset.
(Toronto Star)