Lights strung between lamp posts in Bay Ridge illuminate at night, when the daily fast is broken with prayers and a meal.
NEW YORK -- Monday marked the first day of Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for Muslims. Nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide will fast and pray from sunrise to sundown for 30 days. In Brooklyn, lights strung between lamp posts on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge illuminate at night, when the daily fast is broken with prayers and a meal. 'The purpose of praying and Ramadan and fasting itself is to humble yourself as a person and to get closer to Allah,' said Yana Guzman.
We are as a people experiencing it at the same time, you know being hungry. We're humbling ourselves for Allah and for the people who are struggling right now,' said Guzman. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war started five months ago. Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Ramadan season won't slow down Israel's attacks in Gaza.
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