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Imam Kaseem Baydoun leads noon prayer at Dearborn’s Islamic Center of America, ahead of Ramadan’s sundown start. (Photos by David Guralnick/The Detroit News)

Moneera Kassim calls Ramadan “a time of the year like no other.”

Like thousands of Muslims across Metro Detroit observing the holy month, which starts this week, the Hamtramck college student plans to pursue the spiritual, physical and communal activities central to the period. She’ll fast from dawn to dusk, pray at a mosque, volunteer with a food drive and reflect on improving relationships.

Kassim said:

It is the month of change for us . It is the month of racing towards good.”

Restraint, reflection and spiritual renewal are the cornerstones of Ramadan, the observance considered the holiest time in the Islamic calendar.

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