Mosque worker Ahmed Ali and others, on the roof of the Saeed Idrees Shiite Mosque, wait to see the crescent moon marking the beginning of Ramadan, at sunset in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Ramadan starts the day after the sighting of the crescent moon that marks the beginning of a new lunar month.
A Palestinian Muslim man decorates an alley of Jerusalem's old city with festive lights in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The holy month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, began Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 in much of the Muslim world.
An Iraqi woman rests her Quran on her head in order to free both hands to pray, at a ceremony anticipating the start of the holy month of Ramadan, at a mosque in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
A Pakistani Muslim buys a traditional cap as he prepares for the upcoming Ramadan holy month in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
The shadows of Palestinian Muslim men praying are cast on the ground during prayers on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk.
Palestinians watch as qatayef -- a pancake-like shell filled with nuts or sweet cheese, fried in oil or baked then dipped in sugar syrup -- a popular sweet during Ramadan, is made on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month in the West Bank town of Hebron, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
A cannon fires and fireworks go off as part of the ceremonial shot that ends the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside Jerusalem's Old City Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk.
A Pakistani Muslim prepares food for "Iftar," the time to break the fast, at a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.
A Pakistani Muslim prepares food for "Iftar," a time to break the fast, at a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
A Palestinian boy holds a homemade sparkler after breaking his fast at the end of the second day of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk.
An Indonesian reads the Quran while waiting for the time to break his fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Dian Almahri mosque in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. During Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country.
A Kashmiri Muslim recites from the holy Quran inside Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, abstaining from consuming food and drinks from dawn to dusk.
A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays inside Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, abstaining from consuming food and drinks from dawn to dusk.
Pakistani people line up in the street before "Iftar," the time to break their fast, as they wait for donated food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. During Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.
Muslims pray during Ramadan in the Fatih Mosque in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, abstaining from consuming food and drinks from dawn to dusk.