On the first day of Ramadan, a boy in India arranges glasses of water before Iftar, the meal Muslims eat to break their dawn-to-dusk fast -- Jaipal Singh/Photolibrary
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- For more than a fifth of the world\s people, the holiest month of the year starts today.""What is the special occasion?
- Despite more than 80% of the population being Hindu, this country still contains the third largest number of Muslims in the world.""Which populous country is this?
- After sipping a glass of water, tradition holds you eat this sugary fruit first when breaking your fast.""It\s been cultivated since the dawn of civilization
- Why is it that Ramadan starts in August this year but will be in July in 2012?""It all depends on what calendar you use