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Default RE: Wha do Muslims do at Eid? - 11-05-2005, 04:19 PM
'Eid' means Festivity in Arabic. Eid marks the the sighting of the Crescent moon and the end of a month's long fast. Ramadhan marks the 9th month of the Calendar. It is a moment to be intimate with God, a time to observe a kind of Penance or atonement.

Judaism has a similar practise called Yom Kippur, which marks a day of fasting, atonement and penance.
 
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