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Eid ul-Fitr Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Eid ul-Fitr.

Results 1 - 20 of 264 in Eid ul-Fitr

  1. Bitter harvestRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

    ... a luxury many say they eat perhaps two or so times a year, during the Lunar New Year and the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr. Ma says a bad harvest and debts accumulated last year had made even that impossible. "We didn't have meat for the [Lunar] ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Global Warming

  2. Broadview students keep family holiday traditions

    Saturday | NewsTimesLive.com

    Thirteen-year-old Broadview Middle School student Jordon Pierre comes from a Haitian father and Jamaican mother.

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Cake, Baked Goods, Dessert, Food, Fasting, Health, Hanukkah, New Year's Day/Eve

  3. A village picks up the piecesRead the original story

    Jan 20, 2007 | Canada.com

    An orange Volkswagen van sits on the side of the road, tires blown out, glass shattered and hundreds of bullet holes riddling its metal body.

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    Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon

  4. Radical Islam Losing Its AppealRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | IntelliBriefs

    Economic adversity and aggressive government action in Kyrgyzstan have placed Hizb ut-Tahrir, a non-violent Islamic radical group, on the defensive.

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    Related Topix: Religion, Islam

  5. Christmas Etiquette When You Play Poker GamesRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | What's new on Launchpoker.com

    To start off with, I am not a Muslim, but if somebody sends me an "Eid al Fitr" card, I will accept it gratefully and in the spirit in which it was given.

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    Related Topix: Games, Poker

  6. Food, oh, glorious foodRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Maple Ridge News

    ... who don't have food." You are hungry and this in itself is a form of praying, he adds. The Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting period of Ramadan. Not just a time to celebrate, eat and shop, Eid is a festival of giving and ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, Fasting, Health, Christmas, Recipes

  7. 1971 ... and the songs we sangRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | The Daily Star

    IT was early March 1971 when songs became part of the Bengali political consciousness.

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    Related Topix: Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Asia, World News

  8. Kyrgyzstan: Radical Islam Losing Its AppealRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Transitions Online

    Economic distress and repression by the Kyrgyz government are helping dampen enthusiasm for Hizb ut-Tahrir. From EurasiaNet.

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    Related Topix: Religion, Islam

  9. The law is an assRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | Hindustan Times

    Madhu Koda's arrest a few days ago follows the pattern established in our country in dealing with the rich and powerful caught committing acts of criminality.

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  10. Happy HanukkahRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 11 | New Statesman

    ... be for the good. In Malaysia and Singapore, for instance, when the Hindu Deepavali (or Diwali) is proximate to Eid ul-Fitr, which Malays call Hari Raya, all sorts of schools and organisations celebrate these together as "Deepa-Raya". This does not ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Hanukkah, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Christmas, Religion, Islam

  11. Bangladesh Agribusiness Report Q1 2010 - new report released

    Thursday Dec 10 | PR-inside.com

    ... food products in the run up to - and beyond - the holy month of Ramadan, which began on August 21 and ended with Eid ul-Fitr on September 20. Sugar and eggs saw some of the most dramatic spikes in price - the price of sugar rose by more than 50% in ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Agriculture, Science

  12. AG: Seetahal SC paid over $5.3M in legal feesRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Newsday

    Senior Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC, has been paid over $5.3 million in legal fees from the State, Attorney General John Jeremie disclosed to the Senate on Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

  13. Another good year in the Katz homeRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | The Age

    Dear friends and family, near and far. Yes, it's time for our annual end-of-year letter, and let me start by wishing you all a very merry Xmas - and to our Jewish friends, a happy Hanukkah! And to our Muslim friends, a pleasant Eid al-Fitr! And to our little Baha'i friend, Tony, well, we don't know what to wish you because we don't know what you ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Opinion

  14. Kyrgyzstan: Radical Islam Losing its Appeal amid Economic Distress and Government RepressionRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | EurasiaNet

    Economic adversity and aggressive government action in Kyrgyzstan have placed Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a non-violent Islamic radical group, on the defensive.

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Religion, Islam, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

  15. Danny Katz Season's greetings! So much has happened this year and I...

    Wednesday Dec 9 | The Age

    Season's greetings! So much has happened this year and I can't wait to tell you about it .

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays

  16. Criminal gunned down in cityRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 8 | The New Nation

    Staff Reporter A suspected criminal was gunned down in the city's Cantonment area yesterday.

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  17. Muslim students mark end of monthlong rite with three-day holidayRead the original story

    Oct 12, 2007 | Daily Northwestern

    ... ended Thursday at sunset, said Medill junior Hibah Yousuf, co-president of Muslim-cultural Students Association. Eid ul-Fitr , a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan, begins Saturday. "Many students are planning to go home and celebrate with ...

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  18. A conservative (muslim) minister pleted with eggs replies ..Read the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 7 | Barking Moonbat Early Warning System

    Well at least there's ONE for certain and so maybe it means there's a second one hiding someplace.

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    Related Topix: Conservatives (UK)

  19. Fall in number of accidentsRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 5 | Times of Oman

    MUSCAT a ' The number of road accidents occurred during the Eid holidays from November 25 to December 4 touched 164 in different governorates and regions of the Sultanate, according to statistics issued by the public administration of the Royal Oman Police.

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    Related Topix: Oman, Middle East, World News

  20. Images of EidRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | IWPR

    With the improved security situation, many Iraqis took to the roads to spend festival with family and friends.

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Eid al-Adha