Muslims in New York Prepare for Ramadan

Muslims in New York made their preparations for the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan which will start on August 1st.

Hundreds of believers gathered at the Islamic Center of New York mosque, which is on the Upper East Side neighborhood in Manhattan for their Friday prayers.

Although they were of numerous different nationalities, Islamic faith unites them as one.

Galmal Ahmed, a Muslim from New Yorke said "Look at the gathering, "Nobody force you to come here it's just one call that happened 1400 years ago, and people come Friday. You don't see any community on the face of the Earth gathering together like that. And Ramadan -- from Indonesia to Canada they all fast"

The Arab vendor's area of Steinway Street in Astoria Queens has shown loads of purchases from Muslims who are doing the necessary shopping in preparation of the 30 day fasting period.

Iman Eltawil a grocery shopper said, Because Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from sunrise until sunset during the month, the meals after sunset tend to get bigger and heavier
"Ramadan is a time for family meeting, especially on the first day. We pray and we eat special food. It is not like this during the whole year, but during Ramadan we eat a lot,"

Dalia Choudhry added "During Ramadan we like to eat sweets, because after fasting, especially this month August is very hot. We are looking for special Middle Eastern sweets to eat it after fasting"

The diversity of New York grocery, especially Steinway Street with its many Arabic stores made it easy for them to get ingredients to prepare their traditional dishes.

Ramadan of this year starts August 1, and ends on or around August 29.

Speakers:
Galmal Ahmed, Muslim from New York
Iman Eltawil, Dalia Choudhry, grocery shoppers

Voices:
Noora Al Faraj
Sara Ghasemilee

By:
Ikram Al Yacoub
Al Arabiya with Agencies

Category:

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• Muslims
• New York
• Ramadan
• Prayers
• Arabs
• Manhattan
• Ikram Al Yacoub
• Al Arabiya English.

[Vunduva]

Love how ignorant americans search for islamic videos just so they can bark

[ysmzysmz]

you people are all so dumb. sorry americans but you are idiots . its so funny that you all believe in the media. all those hate comments which you could only say on youtube, be happy that you all are not being fucked by the muslims.

[stride7860]

@ysmzysmz

I'm American and i'm not stupid. What's stupid is stereotyping a whole nation based on a a group of hateful people. Be happy that we are not being fucked by the muslims? Really? That sounds animal, vicious, and stupid. If anyone watching this video is stupid it's you giving a bad rep to the rest of the muslim community.

[iluvbooks1000]

@KingdomSeeker2012 That's right. He is the way(but not the only way). Anyway, how come you haven't realised that he was one of the ways to God?

[MrWatchmen759]

@gespb32 try being Muslim in america see how tolerant these peace loving americans are in their own back yard

[groterichard]

@Vunduva well i have to say im not American im European xd

[Vunduva]

@groterichard Sorry, i meant the racist Americans. I know not all Americans are racist.

[groterichard]

@Vunduva i just come here to learn somting about muslims :P?

[pimpedpope]

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