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| October 13, 2008 | Pape, Eric | COPYRIGHT 2008 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Eric Pape

For the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims have long indulged in nights of earthly pleasures after daylong fasts. But as the 2008 holiday draws to a close in Europe, participants and experts there say those pleasures are becoming decidedly more commercial. Many families have replaced traditional at-home dinners with fast-food feasts and decadent restaurant affairs. Some Muslims even spruced up the revelry with Christmas-like touches: decorative garlands, bottles of Cham'alal Ramadan sparkling wine (nonalcoholic) and holiday catalogs offering Holy Qur'an Digital Books and the Islamic iPod Qur'an.

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