Moon-sighting ceremonies, street iftars and extravagant horseback parades are ways to mark the fasting month in Africa.

Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process ... in one of which they assemble for the Friday prayer. There are salaried imams and muezzins, as well as jurists and scholars." ...

Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of the fasting month, Ramadan. This celebration is one of the ...

And it’s a national event in Muslim-majority countries throughout West Africa, where more than half of the population is ...