An Indian worker dries Seviiyan, thin vermicelli, which is used for the preparation of sheerkhorma, a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the month of Ramadan, at a food factory in Hyderabad on July 24, 2012. Like millions of Muslim around the world, Indian Muslims celebrated the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk.

Indian Muslims break their fast at Jama-e-Masjid Aiwan-e-Begumpet mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Hyderabad on July 23, 2012. Like millions of Muslims around the world, Indian Muslims celebrate the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk.

Bahrainis shop at a market during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on July 24, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk, when they break the fast with a meal known as iftar.

Palestinian Muslim women perform the "Tarawih" evening prayer in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan on July 24, 2012.

An Afghan woman begs as men pray in a mosque in a mosque in Herat on July 24, 2012 during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Throughout the month devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal.

This picture taken on July 25, 2012 shows Thai Muslims buying food at a market to break their fast, in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar.

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In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, Muslim students in the picture carry a banner that reads: Welcome for Ramadan.

An Egyptian boy examines a Chinese made Ramadan lantern at a shop ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

Iraqis shop for food in a preparation for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq

Pakistani women shop for food at a local supermarket for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad, Pakistan

An Indonesian Muslim student wears a duck hat during a gathering marking Ramadan in Jakarta.

An Egyptian woman walks in front of Ramadan traditional lanterns at a shop ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

Iraqis shop for food in preparation for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq

Pakistanis stand in line to pay at a local supermarket for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad, Pakistan

Indonesian Muslim students march during a gathering marking Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Children on a decorated motorbike march during the gathering marking Ramadan.

Indonesian students march during the gathering to welcome Ramadan.