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High Prices Cut Into Muslim Celebrations

Friday, October 12, 2007 1:38:43 PM
By ALI SULTAN

Iranian Sunni shopkeeper man talks with customers as they shop in Turkmen, Iran,  Friday Oct. 12, 2007. Most of the Middle East on Friday marked the start of  Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as crisis, violence, fear and isolation all worked to cast a pall over one of the happiest dates on the Islamic calendar. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - Last year, Maryam Juma marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in style.

She spent $40 on a goat, roasted it to perfection and invited 10 relatives to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival at the end of Ramadan. And she bought new clothes for each of her three children.

But this year, the skyrocketing price of food and other goods has forced her to cut back on Saturday's celebration — a story being played out across much of the Muslim world.


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