Devotee at prayer

A Palestinian woman reads from the Quran, Islam's Holy book, as the moon shines during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AP)
A Muslim woman prays in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount. (REUTERS)
A woman pours a bottle of water over her head to cool down as she attends the second friday noon prayers in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock, nearby al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem. Temperatures during this year's Ramadan have been higher than normal and today in Jerusalem the temperature was to hit 39 degrees Celcius, some seven degrees higher than normal. (EPA)
A Muslim woman leaves after praying at the shrine of Maqbul E-Alam, the grandson of Muslim Saint Shaikh Shah Alam, at the Shah Alam Roza in Ahmedabad. Shah Alam Dargah is some 600 years old and is thronged by thousands of Muslims during the Holy month of Ramadan. (AFP)
A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, a scholar who traveled from Iran to Kashmir to spread Islam, in Srinagar, India. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when devout fast from dawn till dusk. (AP)
Muslim woman prays inside the shrine of a Muslim Saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani on the 13th day of holy month of Ramadhan in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian Kashmir. The attendance to mosques and shrines increases considerably in the Muslim region during this holy month when people observe fasts from dawn to dusk. (EPA)
A Kashmiri Muslim woman reads the holy Quran inside the shrine of a Muslim Saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani on the 13th day of holy month of Ramadhan in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian Kashmir. The attendance to mosques and shrines increases considerably in the Muslim region during this holy month when people observe fasts from dawn to dusk. (EPA)
A Kashmiri Muslim woman helps her child to reach the iron chains hanging at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, a scholar who traveled from Iran to Kashmir to spread Islam, in Srinagar, India. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when devout fast from dawn till dusk. (AP)