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Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Indian Muslims wash themselves as they get ready to offer prayers on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A Kashmiri Muslim arrives to offer prayers on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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An elderly Kashmiri Muslim man prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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** FILE ** Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as the Dome of the Rock Mosque is seen in the background, in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A shade is provided to protect devout Muslims from getting scorched by the sun while offering Friday prayers at Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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An Indian Muslim boy takes shade behind men offering Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Muslims pray on the roadside in Calcutta, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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Black Kite birds fly around as Indian Muslims sit on the steps after offering Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Indian Muslims pray at at a mosque in Allahabad, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers is seen under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Thursday Aug. 12, 2010. Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.The four-faced clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed will be around 1,970 feet (600 meters) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The complex overlooks Mecca's famed Grand Mosque, which Muslims worldwide face during their five daily prayers and is part of Saudi efforts to develop the city visited by millions of pilgrims every year. (AP Photo/Essa Mohammad)

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Children in a Madrassa reciting the Holy Quran during the start of the holy month of Ramadan in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug.12, 2010. Muslims all over the world observe this month by fasting, reciting the Quran and eating according to laid down custom.(AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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A Muslim man perform ablution before the prayers at a mosque during the first Friday in the holy month of Ramadan in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug.13, 2010.(AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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Young Indian Muslim mechanics carry food for iftaar, meal that breaks a day-long fast, during the first day of holy month of Ramadan, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Pickle products are displayed in the Old City of the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian boys play with fireworks, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor. (AP Photo / Hatem Moussa)

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Jim Otun of Fairfield, N.J. is reflected in his IPad as he reads a dua from the Quran at Zinnur Books in Paterson, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Many Muslims across the country are using new technologies to help them in their islamic beliefs. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

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An Iraqi traffic policeman works during a sunny day on which the temperature reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit in the Azamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, during which they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sexual relations from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)