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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Where are the real, peaceful Muslims?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees have filed motions asking U.S. courts to stop officials from barring the inmates from participating in communal prayers during Ramadan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Gitmo detainees seek right to celebrate Ramadan, cite Hobby Lobby ruling

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

Belgium's Mousa Dembele clears the ball in front of South Korea's Lee Keun-ho during the group H World Cup soccer match between South Korea and Belgium at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

World Cup: Ramadan fasting affects tournament

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Muslim clerics scan the horizon for the crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia,Friday, June 27, 2014. Muslims around the world will start observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar this week. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Ramadan’s month-long fast begins for Muslims

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 17, 2014, file photo, Washington Redskins helmets sit on the field during an NFL football minicamp in Ashburn, Va. The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday, June 18, 2014, that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled. The ruling comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Va. lawmakers form ‘Redskins Pride Caucus’ to fend off name change

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

** FILE ** Firefighters hose down a burned vehicle at the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Bombings, shootings across Iraq kill 19

Associated Press

An Iraqi army soldier inspects the damage inside the Abu Bakr Mosque in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 19, 2013. A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed dozens in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan. (Associated Press)

Wave of car bombings rip through Baghdad, kill at least 30 in Ramadan blasts

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, Muslim Brotherhood supreme leader Mohammed Badie talks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Cairo Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leader says not to fast: You need your strength for battle

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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 **

Saudi Arabia to foreigners: Abide Muslim Ramadan rules, or face punishment

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Muslim women perform an evening prayer called "tarawih," marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) ** FILE **

Muslims on Twitter outraged over Obama’s Ramadan wishes

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Afghans look at a pool of blood at the scene of an explosion Aug. 19, 2012, at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A bomb hidden in the cemetery exploded as a police official and his family were visiting the grave of a relative, killing the official and his brother, police said. (Associated Press)

Man in Afghan police uniform kills NATO service member

Associated Press

Afghans offer Eid al-Fitr holiday prayers Sunday at a mosque in Kabul at the end of Ramadan. “The enemies of Muslims … during the holy month of Ramadan treated the nation of Afghanistan cruelly: bombs, explosions in mosques, suicide attacks in mosques,” President Hamid Karzai said. (Associated Press)

Muslim holiday doesn’t deter killing in Afghanistan

By Mirwais Khan And Amir Shah - Associated Press

World Briefs: Sunni cleric’s convoy struck by bomb

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

An Afghan man collects victims' belongings at the scene of an explosion at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

4 Afghans, 3 NATO troops killed in holiday attacks

By Amir Shah and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

Bombs kill 46 in year’s deadliest day for Afghan civilians

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

A Palestinian man prepares traditional Arab pastries Aug. 6, 2012, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Old City. Alongside hundreds of millions of Muslims observing the sunrise-to-sundown fast of Ramadan, a defiant minority goes underground each year during the holy month, scarfing down sandwiches and sneaking cigarettes when no one is looking. (Associated Press)

Ramadan fast-dodgers indulge in secret

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

Syrian troops kill 7 on start of Muslim holiday

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

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GAFFNEY: Questions about David Ramadan in Virginia primary

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times