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Journalists work at a private television broadcaster in Algiers, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Algerian officials are chiding television stations over the content choices they've made during Ramadan. Their criticisms come amid broader struggles facing journalists and broadcasters, which have historically relied heavily on advertising from the state and Sonatrach, its largest oil and gas company. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Algeria chides television stations for Ramadan advertising blitz and immoral programming

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Adam Alcodray stands outside Dearborn High School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Dearborn Mich. Alcodray, 14, is a 9th grader at the school which makes certain allowances for students observing Ramadan. Alcodray says Ramadan carries more significance this year given the plight of people in Gaza. “When you look at what the children are eating in Gaza, you appreciate what your mom makes,” he said. “When you’re having a bad day, realize what they are going through.”

Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the U.S. are getting support during Ramadan

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America's bad deal for Israel to end war with Hamas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden places restrictions on Israel, but not on Hamas

By Cal Thomas

People shop for beef at a butchery in Algiers, Algeria, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Algeria is importing massive amounts of beef and lamb to confront an explosion in demand for meat expected throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, hoping to stabilize prices as the country's economy continues to struggle. The oil-rich North African nation is among countries working to import food and fuel, hoping to meet the requirements of Algerians preparing nightly feasts as their families break their sunrise-to-sunset fasts. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Excitement and skepticism meet Algeria’s decision to import beef to meet high demand during Ramadan

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A woman shops for decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a shop in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Port staffers prepare the aid on a platform near to the docked ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The European Commission president said Friday the Open Arms ship will make a pilot voyage as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Muslim women walk through a market, ahead of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Restrictions put in place amid the Israel-Hamas war have left many Palestinians concerned they might not be able to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which is revered by Muslims. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

On eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City offers little festivity as Gaza war rages

By Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

Officials are silhouetted as they use a telescope to scan the horizon for a crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

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This black-and-white image released by the U.S. military's Central Command shows the fire aboard the bulk carrier True Confidence after a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Analysis: First fatal attack on shipping by Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalates risk for reeling Mideast

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Ramadan decorations are displayed at a Party City store in Dearborn, Mich., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. More businesses are selling Ramadan and Eid items, including DIY kits, lanterns and napkin holders. It's one of the latest signs of big U.S. retailers catering to American Muslim shoppers. Many Muslim Americans enthusiastically welcomed the recognition, applauding those retailers that are making it easier for them to bring their families the cheer that ubiquitously and publicly marks some other faiths' holidays. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Lanterns and crescents: More retailers court Ramadan buyers

By Mariam Fam and Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman takes photos of her daughter next to a crescent moon-shaped decoration in a market, at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Ramadan begins in Mideast amid high costs, hopes for peace

By Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

Palestinians protest a deadly Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, as well as a crackdown on Palestinian prisoners by Israel's right-wing government, following Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel, Palestinian officials to meet over surge in violence

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

FILE - People shop for decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims throughout the world are marking Ramadan, a month of fasting during which observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

For Muslims with eating disorders, Ramadan can pose dilemmas

By Mariam Fam - Associated Press

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site; 152 Palestinians hurt

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A woman reacts at the scene of a shooting attack In Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Israeli health officials say two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting in central Tel Aviv. Israeli troops on Saturday raided the hometown of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, sparking a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit). **FILE**

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank raid

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