Word: ramadan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Zainab Khan '96, a Muslim from Pakistan, said she was horrified and angry that a massacre could occur in a mosque during prayer, especially during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month...
...killings occurred during the holy month of Ramadan and were directed against innocent people in prayer. it is hard to conceive that one human being is capable of such unthinkable evil...
...major player in the conspiracy. After the tower attack, they claim, he flew to the Middle East to escape. Abouhalima, for his part, says that during the bombing he was at home with his family in Woodbridge, New Jersey, observing the rituals of the Muslim holy season of Ramadan. His flight to the Middle East, he claims, was a pilgrimage to Mecca followed by a reunion with parents and siblings in Egypt...
...innocent and believed he was being persecuted for his religious beliefs. Precht says his client has requested a copy of the Koran, a watch so he can pray at the proper times and a change in his feeding schedule so that he can observe ritual daytime fasting for Ramadan. Salameh also asked the lawyer to contact his father, who is still in Jordan...
People who live in the neighborhood said they have not seen Sheik Omar since Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, which began on Feb. 22. Mohammed Mehdi, secretary-general of the National Council on Islamic Affairs, said the sheik left New York to visit friends in Detroit. Mehdi added that Sheik Omar was exhausted by the publicity surrounding the January hearing in a federal immigration court in Newark, New Jersey, when the cleric was threatened with deportation for failing to disclose on his visa application that he had passed a bad check in Egypt. The judge...