Middle East braces for bleak Ramadan
Worshippers circumambulating the sacred Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque. Saudi Arabia has closed Islam’s holiest sites in a bid to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. – AFP pic, April 20, 2020.
FROM cancelled breaking-of-fast feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak Ramadan as the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic lingers. Ramadan is a period for both self-reflection and socialising. Believers fast from dawn to dusk and then gather around a family or community meal each evening of Islam’s holiest month, which begins later this week and ends with Aidilfitri festivities.
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