Let it be a happy day!

Wishing all the Muslims a Happy Bayram!

Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr‎), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, on the first day of Shawwal.

Traditional Bayram wishes from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, stating "Love and Be Loved", in the form of mahya lights stretched across the minarets of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

The White House – Blog Post – Eid Mubarak

Source: www.whitehouse.gov

The President released a statement today to mark the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid-ul-Fitr.

I could not find such a happy picture, so I will from somewhere else: p

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Young women in Bavarian dresses pose with beer mugs at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. Munich’s annual beer festival kicked off with general elections in a week’s time seemingly far from the mind of most participants.(AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang)

Fireworks explode over the Muslim and Christian Syrian town of Maloula, north of the capital Damascus, September 13, 2009, to celebrate the eve of the Feast of the Cross, a festival to commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus.

REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri