Word: ramadan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prayer. More important, Barak deemed any attempt to stop the construction as likely to inflame tensions at a point when the city least needs them. The Temple Mount "is the most sensitive place in the world," says Israeli cabinet minister Haim Ramon. And December's combining of Hanukkah, Ramadan and the end of the millennium made it "the most sensitive month ever...
...being ignored. India's reported foiling of an Osama bin Laden plot to bomb U.S. targets there may be a sign of a new offensive by the Saudi superterrorist. "The biggest threat to Bin Laden is dropping out of the media spotlight," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "With the Ramadan fast over, he may now be feeling the pressure to carry out some actions and show that the clampdown on his organization hasn't stopped...
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan vowed that Baghdad's "resistance will continue," and Washington believes him. By week's end Saddam had lobbed 11 SAMs at allied forces, and Air Force planes equipped to knock out SAM sites were rushed to the region in anticipation of more challenges to the no-fly zones. For now, the White House will respond to each provocation by counterattacking the offending battery. The Pentagon has no doubt what Saddam is up to. He hopes one of the SAMs will find its target and that a "golden BB will get him an American pilot...
Shabazz agreed that he is thankful Ramadan is converging with reading period again...
Whether praying, fasting, eating or studying, Syed said one of his friends explained to him why fasting and practicing Ramadan is not such a bad idea for students at exam time. "With all of the tests, it's all the more reason to remember...