Al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
BEIRUT — Thursday, March 23 will mark the first day of the month of Ramadan, the office of Shiite cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah announced in a Wednesday statement.
Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon, has not yet given a date for the beginning of Islam's holy month.
During Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, believers are asked to abstain from drinking, eating, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset.
Muslims are also called upon to give alms for the poor, the zakat al-fitr.
Ramadan ends with Eid al-Fitr, the "Feast of the Breaking of the Fast."
BEIRUT — Thursday, March 23 will mark the first day of the month of Ramadan, the office of Shiite cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah announced in a Wednesday statement.Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon, has not yet given a date for the beginning of Islam's holy month.During Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, believers are asked to abstain from drinking, eating, smoking...