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Muslim women pray at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, during Ramadan earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua
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Language Matters by Lisa Lim
Is it Ramadan or Ramzan? The debate that has divided South Asia
The use of Ramadan is being decried by some as an Arabisation of language and religious practices, while others point to the word becoming popular because it is what the observance is called in English
Updated: 6:21pm, 24 May, 2019
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Muslim women pray at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, during Ramadan earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua
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