President Obama called the event a celebration of Ramadan and the accomplishments of the American Muslim community.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

In terms of myself individually I can honestly say on the month of Ramadan, it's an experience on an individual level, it's very beneficial.

对于我自己，老实说,赖买丹月是一次,非常个人的经历，也非常的有益。

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I remember with a Muslim friend of mine, we were comparing Lent to Ramadan.

我记得有一次和一个穆斯林朋友，讨论基督教的大斋期和伊斯兰教的赖买丹月。

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Now,a new study shows that stock returns during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, vary significantly from those at other times of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

And there is a unique prayer that offered during the month of Ramadan at night , so we'll be offering those here at campus as well.

在赖买丹月的晚上，我们还会提供,特别的祷告仪式，我们会在校园内提供这些。

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Ramadan says the real test for President Obama's support for democracy will be in Egypt.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

So we're encouraged to be more generous during the month of Ramadan. So we're trying to do some fund raising events and some community services and initiatives, things like that, just to help the community at large here.

在赖买丹月我们会,被鼓励更加的慷慨,所以我们会举办一些筹措基金的活动,提供一些社区服务等等，尽量的去为大部分社区提供一些帮助。

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There,Ramadan says, the president has to pressure the Mubarak regime to open the political arena and stop using constitutional amendments to stifle real political competition.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Lent is you give up one thing, so I tend to give up sugar and meat during that month. For the entire time, listen it doesn't compare to Ramadan, where you really have no water.

在大斋期，你要放弃一样东西,因此我在那个月不吃糖和肉，但是这和，赖买丹月无法相比，因为在赖买丹月你甚至都没水喝。

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Levy and his co-founder, Minha Kauser, recently attended an Iftar meal in which Jews joined Muslims who were breaking their daily fast during the holy month,Ramadan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Now we are about to come upon Ramadan, and are you planning anything special for yourself and for the students at Princeton? What's your hope for someone who's about to embark on Ramadan, and Muslim who's in your care?

我们马上就要过赖买丹月了，你为你自己,和普林斯顿的学生准备了什么呢？,你希望那些要开始斋戒的人和，你的学生做些什么呢？

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The president said Ramadan is a time for people of all faiths to recommit themselves to the work of building a better and more hopeful world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Government officials say the last flight from Iran to Saudi Arabia will be Monday and all Iranian pilgrims now in the Arab country will be flown home before Ramadan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.09

Tarik Ramadan, professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University agrees.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Etebari: Ramadan is really a fundamental shared experience by Muslims.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Nash says this training will be especially important because Iraqi forces will handle security during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins in a few weeks, and parliamentary elections slated for January.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

As Somalis prepare to observe the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam rebels appeared to have made good on their vow to mark the start of Ramadan with intensified attacks against the government and the African Union mission in Mogadishu known as AMISOM.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He is also lead author of the paper, Fast Profits: Investor Sentiment and Stock Returns During Ramadan. Reporter Cecily Hilleary asked him to explain the so-called Ramadan Effect. During the Holy Month, we find that on average, stock returns are almost nine times higher in predominantly Muslim countries than during other times of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

That's an excellent question, especially looking into factors that affect the return-generating process in the stock market-in other words, factors that affect the stock prices in a conventional sense: Market liquidity, length of the daily fasting period, especially contrasting summer months with winter months when Ramadan coincides with one versus the other, with the length of day being really longer during summer months.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05