Eid ul-Fitr
Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Muslim men gather in the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan. Photo by Jack Kurtz
