It is believed that the first revelation to Muhammad was sent down during the month of Ramadan.Furthermore, God proclaimed to Muhammad that fasting for His sake was not a new innovation in monotheism, but rather an obligation practiced by those truly devoted to the oneness of God Pre-Islamic observation of fasting During the Jahiliyyah (i.e. pre-Islamic period), the Quraysh tribe and the Jews used to fast on the day of Ashura.It marks two important events: the day Noah left the Ark and the day that Moses was saved from the Egyptians by God. Ashura may or may not be referring to the Jewish practice of fasting on Yom Kippur. Abu Zanad, an Arabic writer from Iraq who lived after the founding of Islam around 747 CE, wrote that at least one Mandaean community located in al-Jazira (modern northern Iraq) observed Ramadan
Alisema changamoto hizo zilizovaa sura na uzito tofauti, zinavuka mipaka kutoka katika taifa moja hadi lingine na kwamba ufumbuzi wake unahitaji utulivu, umakini, mshikamano na ushirikiano wa kimataifa. Katibu Mkuu huyo wa Umoja wa Mataifa, alimweleza Rais Kikwete kuwa yeye binafsi, amedhamiria kuhakikisha kuwa Umoja wa Mataifa, unakwenda sambamba na kasi ya mabadiliko yanayotokea sasa duniani. "Nakuhakikisha (Kikwete) kwamba Umoja wa Mataifa, unasimamia na kutoa matarajio yenye kuridhisha na halisi katika kazi zake tatu kuu za msingi ambazo ni maendeleo, amani na usalama na haki za binadamu," alisema Mkuu huyo wa Umoja wa Mataifa. Pia alielezea kufarijika kwake na kupata moyo kuhusu namna uongozi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, unavyojituma. Alisema anaihesabu Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kama mshirika mkubwa katika kuifanya dunia, kuwa endelevu na salama kwa watu wote