Rabat, June 3 -- Following the end of Ramadan, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al Fitr with festivities lasting three or four days. The holiday typically consists of prayer, shared meals, and time with family, though specific traditions vary by country.

In Muslim-majority countries businesses will close. However, as Eid al Fitr is not a public holiday in Western countries most businesses hold normal hours, though some Muslim-owned establishments choose to close in honor of the religious holiday.

"A majority of Americans don't even know eid is so to come into Morocco where it is a Muslim country and, of course it would be, but eid is so highly celebrated, it's definitely different," Frannetia Beliard, a student at Florida State Un...