Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, 1,8 billion Muslims grapple enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred
Imam of Eyup Sultan Mosque, Hasan Tok and Imam Metin Cakar hold a prayer for coronavirus in Istanbul on April 3, 2020.
Across the Muslim world, the pandemic has generated new levels of anxiety ahead of the holy fasting month, which begins this week. “I cannot imagine Ramadan without Tarawih,” he said, referring to additional prayers performed at mosques at night. But this year, authorities have imposed a night curfew and banned communal prayers and other activities, so not many people see much point in buying the lanterns.
A Yemeni vendor stacks boxes of date in the old city market of the capital Sanaa ahead of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on April 18, 2020. In Algeria, restaurant owners are wondering how to offer iftar, the evening meal in which Muslims break their fast, to the needy when their premises are closed.
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