Each year millions of Muslims will begin fasting from sunrise to sunset and engaging in activities ... that Ramadan "is a time for Muslims to come together, focus on their spiritual and personal ...

Then they did something unexpected, they extended the rally into a candlelight ceremony and a sunrise-to-sunset vigil at the ... They lit candles and sang together. The crowd became smaller ...

The event also marks the shortest day of the year, where sunrise and sunset times are the closest together that they will be, opposite to the longest day of the year, which occurs near the summer ...