(1 Mar 2025)
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Jerusalem – 1 March 2025
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1. Various of Iftar meal at Al-Aqsa Mosque
2. Faithful gathered for prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first day of Ramadan
3. Various of prayers outside mosque
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Muslims gathered at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Saturday evening for prayers marking the start of Ramadan.
Thousands gathered at the holy site for iftar before the evening prayers.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar; the month cycles through the seasons.
The start of the month traditionally depends on the sighting of the crescent moon.
The actual start date may vary among Muslim communities due to declarations by multiple Islamic authorities around the globe on whether the crescent has been sighted or different methodologies used to determine the start of the month.
The daily fast in Ramadan includes abstaining from all food and drink – not even a sip of water is allowed – from dawn to sunset before breaking the fast in a meal known as “iftar” in Arabic.
Those fasting are expected to also refrain from bad deeds, such as gossiping, and to increase good deeds.
Ramadan is followed by the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam’s most important feasts.
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