JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Muslims began observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Sunday (Monday in Manila) with Islamic leaders again concerned about entrenched conflicts as jihadists issued threats from Indonesia to Somalia.

Ramadan is sacred for the world’s estimated 1.6 billion Muslims, because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed.

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