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The first Egyptian satellite channel operated by women wearing the niqab, or face veil, launched on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Heba Seraj films a segment for a program. (Associated Press)
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Libyans pray in Martyr's Square, formerly known as Green Square, during the morning Eid prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pictured after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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** FILE ** This Aug. 3, 2011, file image posted on the Internet by Shaam News Network, showing what they purport to be a military tank on the streets of the city of Hama, Syria, on the "third day of Ramadan." Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture out to cemeteries, a resident said Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/SHAMSNN, File)
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Personal trainer Mubarakah Ibrahim of New Haven, Conn., will re-arrange her schedule while fasting during Ramadan to mostly mornings, when she has the most energy. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah performs Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in September 2010. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 20, 2010, file photo, a Palestinian woman, right, splashes cold water on other female worshippers to cool them off as the temperature rises in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Oct. 22, 2004, file photo, a Pakistani woman prays after the first Friday prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. An Australian Muslim woman who sought permission to keep her face and head covered while she gives evidence at an upcoming trial was told by a judge Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, she would have to remove her veil. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
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President Obama hosts an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama hosts an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A Palestinian woman crosses the Bethlehem checkpoint from the West Bank into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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An Israeli border police officer checks the papers of a Palestinian woman, at the Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010 as she goes to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Palestinian men wait an an Israeli checkpoint before crossing from the West Bank town of Bethlehem into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Palestinian women cross the Bethlehem checkpoint from the West Bank into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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A Palestinian woman crosses the Kalandia checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Palestinian women wait to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the month long Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A Palestinian elderly woman, center, is helped to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Palestinian women read the Quran, Islam's holy book, while they wait to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
