As fasting during Ramadan Muslims New York

Since Islam - one of the three world religions, its adherents have in many countries of the world. There are some in New York. To learn how to observe fasting in Ramadan Muslims New York you'll learn from this photo essay.




The photo Muslims during Tarawih prayers night, August 11, on the first night of Ramadan, the mosque in Madina Masjid, located in New York's East Village. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Storage space for shoes in the mosque in Madina Masjid. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Men pray in the mosque on the first night of Ramadan. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Entrance to the mosque Madina Masjid. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



View Madina Masjid mosque on the outside. At the entrance of serious metal doors. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Before you go to the mosque have to prepare. Abdul Aziz Ba goes through a ritual called Voodoo (partial ablution), which must take place before the prayer. He washes the feet of water from a bottle while sitting on a bench at Liberty Plaza, south of Manhattan, on 12 August. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Metin Kilic, during afternoon prayers Dhar on Cedar Street in Manhattan. He said it was not too comfortable place showing on the sidewalk, but the other does not have. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Kataba atom to make an afternoon prayer on the sidewalk near Cedar Street in Manhattan. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Sheikh Imadadin, pictured in the center, talks with Muslim converts during dinner "iftar", which break their food during Ramadan. Center for the conversion of people to Islam and their subsequent formation located in New York's Midtown, and is designed to help new converts to learn more about their religion. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Delma Oliveras, 41 years old, to break the fast at the Center for the conversion of people to Islam and their subsequent formation. This is her first Ramadan in 2009, she was still Catholic. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Muslim raises a white sheet from the place where they ate the women (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Dinner consisted of lamb, chicken with rice and dessert called baklava, as well as grapes and other fruits. (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal)



Noor Aisha cleans the dishes after dinner "Iftar» (Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal).