GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

The Importance of Ramadan

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Anisa Mehdi
Board of Contributors

May 31, 2017 | 13:43 GMT

Pakistani Muslims perform a special 'Taraweeh' evening prayer on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a street of Karachi.

(RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)

Ramadan is a call for an internal spiritual and physical cease-fire, gracefully demonstrating control over earthly desires. It is tragic, therefore, that the call may go unheeded by those committed to violence. ...