ANKARA (AA) – Europe’s major football clubs greeted their Muslim fans at the beginning of Ramadan in posts on their social media accounts. “Ramadan Mubarak to our supporters celebrating across the world!” wrote English Premier League club Chelsea on X, along with an animated picture of a Muslim figure praying. The Londo...
New York, United States – AFP Dozens of Muslim worshippers gathered in New York’s Times Square Sunday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, with some displaying Palestinian flags in solidarity with people in Gaza. They performed Taraweeh, special Ramadan night prayers, against the backdrop of the bright LED advertising bi...
Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Tunisians are bracing themselves for more subdued celebrations during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as an economic crisis grips the North African country. In past years “you wouldn’t have been able to set foot in the market because it was so crowded”, vegetable merchant Mohamed Doryi shared. R...
Tripoli, Libya — AFP Libya may sit on Africa’s biggest oil reserves, but many families are struggling with rapidly rising consumer prices as the festive Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears. Since a currency depreciation has driven up the cost of imported food and other goods, said self-employed Mohamad al-Weheshi, 29, “we have...
ANTALYA, Türkiye (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed that a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian resistance factions should be reached before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. “It is imperative to reach a cease-fire before Ramadan for the safety of the Palestinian people,” the minister said d...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The imam of the Great Omari Mosque insists on reciting the adhan — the Muslim call to prayer — and performing congregational prayers amid the rubble of the mosque that was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the old town of Gaza City. In one corner of the mosque, Sheikh Fadi […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Prominent Palestinian leader Sheikh Raed Salah has rejected Israeli restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshippers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan. “Our bond with Al-Aqsa Mosque is sacred,” Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in Israel, said in a recorded message. “We have the eternal and legitim...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened Sunday to invade Rafah city during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if “hostages” held by Hamas were not released. “I say this very clearly: Hamas has a choice. They can surrender, release the hostages, and this way, the citizens of Gaza can celebrate the [&he...
NEW YORK (AA) – In a historic first, adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, resonated through the loudspeaker of one of New York’s largest mosques on Friday. Many Muslims attending Friday prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (ICCNY) in Manhattan recorded the moments with their mobile phones. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams [...
