Fajr is the pre-dawn prayer performed by Muslims, the first of five daily prayers, and is significant during Ramadan.

A federal jury has awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of incarcerated Muslim men in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying.

Christians are in the season of Lent. Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is a part of both faiths' observances. Other religions include periods of fasting as well. What accounts for fasting ...