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This is a list of battles fought during Ramadan by Muslim people.

Versus the Makkan idolaters. "The great Battle of Badr", was the first battle between muslims and non-muslims.

during Ramadan, though it occurred in the following month of Shawal.

soldiers of Islam, under the leadership of Muhammad, established a training and fighting camp in Tabouk during the month of fasting, the Byzantine army shown no aggression so the Muslims returned peacefully without fighting.

  • 653 - Conquest of Rhodes.
  • 710 - Muslims led by Tarek bin Ziyad, invaded Spanish

southern frontier cities on the Andalusian coast defeating [[King Roderick]]. They stayed for eight hundred years, disseminating Islam.

the newfound crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem defeated Fatimid Egypt.

Night of Power (Lailat ul-Qadr) (or "Night of Destiny"). Sultan Saladin (Salah Al-Din Al-Ayubi) wiped out the Frankish army and went on to reclaim Jerusalem for Islam. The battle took place on July 4.

Palestine.

  • 1962 to 1970 - Yemeni Civil War. Fighting continued through nine

Ramadans.

Egypt and Syria launched an attack on Sinai Peninsula which had been captured and occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.

  • 1975 to 1990 - Lebanon's civil war. Fighting took place

over the course of seventeen Ramadans.

  • 1981 - Iran rejected Iraqi offers for a Ramadan cease-fire.
  • 1982 - Iran launched an attack on Iraq that they explicitly

called "Operation Ramadan."

  • 1986 - Christian forces called for a Ramadan cease-fire, which lasted

two weeks.

waged over six Ramadans.

  • 1990s - There were at least 20 examples of Ramadan violence by Muslims
during the Algerian civil war.
  • 2000 - Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee stated that

India would initiate a unilateral cease-fire in observance of the holy month of Ramadan as a step towards peace in Kashmir. Nonetheless, widespread fighting continued between Indian forces and the

guerrillas in Jammu-Kashmir.
  • 2003 to 2007 - Iraq War. Fighting took place over the course of

four Ramadans.[Clarification needed]

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