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Ramadan - Islam
- Description:
- 9th month on Islamic calendar, devoted to the commemoration of Muhammad's reception of the divine revelation recorded in the Qur'an. The event begins when authorities in Saudi Arabia sight the new moon of the 9th month. It is the holiest period of the Islamic Year. There is strict fasting from sunrise to sunset.
Tishah B'av - Judaism
- Description:
- A Jewish day of fasting in remembrance of the destruction of the Temple in 586 b.c.e. and 70 c.e.
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