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This image provided by the Fairfax County Police Department shows Darwin A. Martinez Torres, 22, of Sterling, Va. Torres has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old Reston girl who was reported missing. (Fairfax County Police Department via AP)

Police: Brutal slaying near mosque stemmed from road rage

By SARAH RANKIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Emergency services and forensic officers gather on a road near Finsbury Park station after a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London, Monday June 19, 2017. A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

The Latest: Police: 1 suspect held in mosque attack

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A police officer talks to local people at Finsbury Park in north London, where a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London Monday, June 19, 2017. A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

The Latest: US ‘strongly condemns’ attack near London mosque

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An armed police officer mans a cordon on the Seven Sisters Road at Finsbury Park where a vehicle struck pedestrians in London Monday, June 19, 2017. Police say a vehicle struck pedestrians on the road in north London, leaving several casualties and one person has been arrested. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

The Latest: Mosque chairman says crash was ‘cowardly attack’

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In this frame grab from video, a doctor attends to a small girl who was taken ill with suspected food poisoning in the Hassan Sham U2 camp for displaced people located about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Iraq’s health minister, Adila Hamoud, told The Associated Press in Baghdad that 752 people had been taken ill and at least two died after they took part in a Monday night meal to break the Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Iraq: Food poisoning strikes hundreds at camp for displaced

By Balint Szlanko and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Armed police on St Thomas Street, London, Sunday June 4, 2017, near the scene of Saturday night's terrorist incident on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured. Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency security cabinet session Sunday to deal with the crisis. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

Iran under siege as ISIS stages Ramadan terror

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan girls learn to read the Quran, Islam's holy book, at a local Madrassa, or seminary, during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Muslims throughout the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

EDITORIAL: A special time for murder

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi exhorted his followers to use the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to stoke terrorism. Since then, forces loyal to the cleric have engaged in terror attacks during the month of fasting, turning it into a month of carnage. (Associated Press)

Islamic State terror tarnishes Ramadan

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, file photo, a man is comforted by others as he mourns over Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, outside of the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Ramadan’s here — let the killing begin

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Civilians inspect the site of a deadly bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 30, 2017. Another bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad just after midnight on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, hospital and police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Ramadan bombings target shoppers, families eating ice cream

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A military helicopter hovers by a mosque as government troops battle with Muslim militants who continue to hold their ground in some areas of Marawi city for almost a week Monday, May 29, 2017 in southern Philippines. Philippine forces control most of the southern city where militants linked to the Islamic State group launched a bloody siege nearly a week ago, authorities said Monday, as the army launched airstrikes and went house-to-house to crush areas of resistance. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

City clash fuels fear of IS foothold in southern Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives for a family photo with G7 leaders at the Ancient Greek Theater of Taormina, Friday, May 26, 2017, in Taormina, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump cites fight against terrorism in Ramadan greeting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A man rushes his daughter to safety while fleeing the al-Rifai neighborhood as Iraqi special forces battle Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Airstrikes fuel Mosul gains as Iraq pushes for quick victory

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

A man rushes his daughter to safety while fleeing the al-Rifai neighborhood as Iraqi special forces battle Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Airstrikes fuel Mosul gains as Iraq pushes for quick victory

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Lawsuit settled over meals for prisoners during Ramadan

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North Carolina Central scores late, beats Morgan St. 21-17

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals shows Jihad Amir Ramadan, who is accused of stabbing a fellow student at Hampton University in Virginia in 2005 and has been on the run ever since. Marshals believe the 30-year-old, who was born Justin Faustin, has taken on a new identity. (U.S. Marshals via AP)

US Marshals seeking apparent bride murder fugitive

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Worshippers visit the Prophet Mohammad's tomb inside the Prophet Mohammad's Mosque in Medinah city in Saudi Arabia, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

Explosion takes place in Medina, Saudi Arabia, near one of Islam’s holiest sites: report

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

An unidentified security personnel is taken for medical attention after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2016. A group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday night, taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, according to a restaurant staff member and local media reports. (AP Photo)

Hostage crisis leaves 28 dead in Bangladesh diplomatic zone

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Afghan villagers receive free food donated by other villagers as they prepare to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 9, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ramadan bloodied again by violence

By Renee Garfinkel