Posts Tagged ‘ramadan’

Call to prayer restrictions lifted in NYC for Fridays and Ramadan

  READ: New York City Mayor seeks to incorporate Israel police drone technology into NYPD   Source

Some justice at last for Tariq Ramadan, who warns Muslims to beware of Zionist vilification

Anyone who supports Palestine and is vocal about the injustices suffered by the Palestinians living under Israel’s brutal military occupation should be ready to be targeted and vilified by Zionist lobby groups. This is the astonishing warning from popular Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan who was cleared of rape charges and sexual coercion by a Swiss […]

The ‘Ramadan Economy’: struggling Gazans seek financial respite during holy month 

Many in Gaza participate in the “Ramadan economy” – a once-a-year opportunity offering Palestinians suffering from poverty, war, and the Israeli siege, a chance to secure a much-needed income. Source

Palestine envoy: Ramadan traditions inherited from Ottomans, shared values with Turkish people

Palestinian Ambassador to Turkiye, Faed Mustafa, told about the Ramadan traditions of Palestine inherited from Ottomans and shared values that bring Turkish and Palestinian people together in an exclusive interview with Anadolu. "I think the most beautiful aspect of the holy month (Ramadan) is that it brings families together," he added, Anadolu News Agency reports. […]

Makkah: millions observe 27th night of Ramadan

READ: 280,000 Palestinians mark 27th night of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque Source

Ramadan Deal Sees More Than 350 Yemenis Liberated from Saudi Prisons

 April 15, 2023 A flight carrying Yemeni detainees from Saudi Arabia on Saturday heading for Yemen’s capital Sanaa has arrived as part of a large-scale, multi-day exchange that comes as peace talks have raised hopes for an end to Yemen’s eight-year-old war. On Friday, 318 prisoners were transported on four flights between government-controlled Aden and the […]

The impact of Israel’s raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan

The Mondoweiss Palestine news team discusses the impact of Israel’s raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan. Source

Palestinians fear war is near as Israel attacks Gaza during Ramadan yet again

The recent crackdown on worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound has confirmed the fears of many in Gaza: the Netanyahu government is provoking Palestinians as a pretext to launch another war. Source

The war on the Ramadan commons

In recent years, the month of Ramadan has seen the emergence of a new commons in Jerusalem that challenges colonial authority. Israel is determined to quash it. Source

UN calls for calm in Middle East as Ramadan celebrations begin

Against the backdrop of Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Ramadan has often been a period of heightened conflict. Source

In Centuries Old Tradition, Drummers Awaken a Sleeping Istanbul to Ramadan

3,400 Muslim drummers dressed in Ottoman period costumes will march through 1000 Istanbul neighborhoods, reciting ancient poems before dawn, preserving “a beauty” from the month of Ramadan. Read more Section:  News General History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Ahead of Ramadan: Over 20,000 Leaflets Distributed to Urge Boycott of Israeli Dates in UK

Posted on March 18, 2023 by uprootedpalestinians March 17, 2023 Over 20,000 leaflets were distributed at mosques across the UK to call on Muslims to boycott Israeli dates. (Photo: FoA, Supplied) By Palestine Chronicle Staff On the last Friday before Ramadan, over 20,000 leaflets were distributed at mosques across the UK, in an effort to urge […]

Photo essay: Ramadan in Gaza

This time last year Ramadan came and was welcomed by Palestinians in Gaza with the typical excitement and glee of every preceding year. Decorations were plentiful and Ramadan songs were heard in every taxi and in every street corner you’d visit. Ramadan brings with it a certain necessary spirit to be able to withstand the […]

After 15 years of siege, Ramadan in Gaza looks very different

Every year, millions of Palestinians anxiously await the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a beloved and cherished month by Muslims around the world. In Gaza, the Ramadan atmosphere and traditions bring about a reawakening of social relations between communities and neighbors, who have spent the past year going about their lives. For Gaza’s […]

Ramadan in Palestine, a magical month marred by the occupation

Palestinians gather near Damascus Gate by the entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 4, 2022. (Photo: Jeries Bssier/APA Images) Palestinians welcomed the month of Ramadan over the weekend, the holiest month of the year for Muslims around the world, and millions of Palestinians under occupation.  Ramadan is […]

Muslims in Karachi break the fast on the first day of Ramadan

Thousands of Muslims broke the fast at mosques in Karachi on Sunday night as the holy month of Ramadan began in Pakistan. But the war in Ukraine, which has sent energy and food prices soaring, has cast a shadow this year on Islam’s holiest month, where large gatherings over food and family celebrations are a […]

Turks pray at Hagia Sophia for the end of Ramadan and express solidarity with Palestinians

Hundreds of Muslims attended dawn Eid al-Fitr prayers at Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia for the first time since it was controversially reconverted into a mosque last year. The three-day Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan — the month of prayer and fasting for Muslims around the world. Muslim worshippers […]

Gaza braced for austere end to Ramadan amid Israeli bombardment

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

Beefed-up Israel Police Confront Palestinians In Jerusalem On Ramadan Holy Night

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Saturday clashed with Palestinian protesters outside Jerusalem’s Old City during the holiest night of Ramadan, in a show of force that threatened to deepen the holy city’s worst religious unrest in several years. Earlier, police blocked busloads of pilgrims headed to Jerusalem to worship. Police defended their actions as […]

Iranian Academy of Arts to organize webinar on art and Ramadan

TEHRAN – The Iranian Academy of Arts plans to organize a webinar Tuesday to discuss the connections between Iranian arts and rituals with the holy month of Ramadan. The webinar named “Ramadan in the Mirror of Iranian Arts and Rituals” will be held with a focus on music, the academy announced on Monday. Houshang Javid, […]

This Ramadan, Children In Yemen Are Struggling To Survive

23/4/2021 Sarah Ferguson- UNICEF The holy month of Ramadan will be particularly difficult this year for families in Yemen, home of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Six years of conflict, widespread economic collapse and now COVID-19 have pushed the country to the brink, leaving 80 percent of the population — including 12.4 million children — […]

Clashes on Gaza Border as Ramadan Violence Flares in Jerusalem

Israeli police officers walk during clashes with Palestinian protesters, as the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan continues, in Jerusalem, April 24, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday drawing retaliatory air strikes, the Israeli military said, after nightly Ramadan clashes between Palestinians and […]

Nightly clashes in Jerusalem continue during holy month of Ramadan

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired around three dozen rockets into Israel overnight on Saturday, while the Israeli military struck back at targets operated by the ruling Hamas group. Meanwhile hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem, injuring at least four police and six protesters. The clashes have become a nightly […]

A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan

COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, reached record highs this month largely due to the arrival of a highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK. Gaza has always been vulnerable to pandemics. Under a hermetic blockade since 2006, the densely populated Strip lacks basic services like clean water, electricity, or equipped hospitals. […]

Muslim, Jewish, Christian leaders gather at Ramadan break-fast

For the second year in a row, ambassadors from across the world and members of Congress took part in Wednesday’s National Interfaith Iftar event, the breaking of the  daily Ramadan fast, calling for communities to build bridges of friendship, join together and defeat antisemitism, Islamophobia, other forms of hatred and intolerance.   The event was organized […]

UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Pulls Out of Ramadan Event After CEO of Sponsoring Group Revealed as Supporting Israel Boycotts

Sir Keir Starmer speaking during the Labour leadership hustings at the SEC centre, Glasgow, February 15, 2020. Photo: Jane Barlow via Reuters. The leader of the UK Labour party pulled out of a Ramadan event after the controversial anti-Israel views of the CEO of the sponsoring organization emerged in the media. The Jewish Chronicle reported […]

For Jerusalem’s Muslims, an Israeli humiliation on Ramadan

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

Israeli forces, Muslim worshipers clash in Jerusalem’s Old City over Ramadan restrictions

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

First Ramadan prayers held at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque in shadow of Israeli restrictions

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

Muslims navigate COVID restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

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