Muslim holy month - The African Mirror

Mar

30

2024

Year-long war dims Sudan’s Ramadan festivities

THE feasts and festivities of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan have been muted in Sudan this year with millions of people displaced from their homes and struggling with hunger as a war between the army and paramilitaries nears the one-year mark. "All what we were accustomed to, how we eat, drink, meet people in Ramadan, ... all of that is no longer available," said Mohamed Ali, who broke his fast in a displacement centre in Port Sudan on the Red Sea, to which many have fled from the capital Khartoum and other active war zones. In the past, Ramadan in Sudan…

Mar

12

2024

By SINAN ABU MAYZER. NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI. BASSAM MASOUD

Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

WORLD

PALESTINIANS prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshippers are expected every day at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The area considered the most sacred place by Jews who know it as Temple Mount, has been a longstanding flashpoint for trouble and was one…

Mar

11

2024

By SINAN ABU MAYZER. NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI. BASSAM MASOUD

Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

WORLD

PALESTINIANS prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshippers are expected every day at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The area considered the most sacred place by Jews who know it as Temple Mount, has been a longstanding flashpoint for trouble and was one…

Apr

06

2023

By The African Mirror

Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque, rockets fired from Gaza

WORLD

NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and SINAN ABU MAYZER ISRAELI police raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque before dawn to try to clear groups it said were barricaded inside, leading to clashes with worshippers and triggering an exchange of cross-border fire with Gaza. The incident came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of the Jewish Passover, stoking fears of further violence at the mosque compound, a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinian militants fired at least nine rockets from Gaza into Israel, prompting air strikes from Israel which hit what it said were weapon production sites for the Islamist group…

Apr

08

2022

By The African Mirror

Tense Ramadan nights at Jerusalem gate stir escalation worries

WORLD

A week into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a flashpoint Jerusalem site is seeing nightly confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli police that have raised concern about a repeat of the violence that erupted last year. The amphitheatre-style plaza outside the Old City's Damascus Gate is a popular spot for Palestinians to meet after breaking their daily holiday fast. Vendors roll carts of snacks and juice into the square. Palestinian youth at times perform acrobatics to cheers from the crowd. But tensions are again high in the city holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims. Israel has deployed extra security forces…

Apr

08

2021

By The African Mirror

Ramadan night curfew for Morocco

COVID-19

MOROCCO will keep its nightly curfew in place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when people gather after breaking their fast at sunset, the government said yesterday, underlining resolve to counter new variants of the coronavirus. The decision to keep the 8 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew will hurt restaurants, shops and markets that make most of their money in the evenings, especially during Ramadan, which this year will begin on April 13 and run through May 12. Moroccan law prohibits public eating by day during the fasting period. Morocco will also maintain until June financial aid for workers…