(ANSA) - ROMA, 29 MAR - epa11249504 Muslim worshippers attend
the Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at the
Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, 29 March 2024.
According to the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem,
about 125,000 worshipers performed the third Friday prayer of
the holy month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Muslims' holy
month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and
it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the
Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by
praying during the night time and abstaining from eating,
drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and
sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening
after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in
the day in most countries. EPA/JAMAL AWAD (ANSA).
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