The Islamic month of Ramadan begins next week. Ramadan is a month of fasting, prayer and other acts for devotion for Muslims. Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem!
The month of Ramadan officially begins with the sighting of the crescent moon, a day after the new moon. Most look to the official declaration from Mecca in Saudi Arabia, however some countries make their own declaration, which could be off the others by a day. In the Greater Vancouver area it is projected that Ramadan will begin on February 18.
We wish Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem to the more than one million Canadians who follow Islam, and to our approximately 2 billion Muslim neighbours around the world.
A simple illustrated guide to Ramadan
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Library 