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President Bush gives remarks before start of Iftaar dinner at the White House President Bush listens to Iman Abdullah Muhammad Khoul deliver a prayer before the start of the Iftaar dinner at the White House U.S. commemorative stamp: EID Greetings Two men share a rice and lamb dish to break their Ramadan fast at New York City mosque Two women and a child dish up food as they end their day of fasting in observance of Ramadan in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A silhouette crosses an inscribed glass panel inside New York City mosque Ismail Syed reads from the Quran at New York city mosque U.S. Navy sailors of Islamic faith pray in the chapel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Taha Tawil leads men in prayer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, mosque
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Mr. Abdul Samad, left, and Nader Mohmand share a traditional Afghani rice and lamb dish to break their fast at New York City's largest Afghani mosque, the Masjid Hazrat-I-Abubakr, on the first night of Ramadan, Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. Ramadan, a monthlong holiday of fasting and purification, celebrates the month in which God revealed the Quran, Islam's holy book, to Prophet Mohammad. (AP/WWP Tina Fineberg)

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