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Coronavirus impact: Islam’s sacred sites largely deserted during Ramadan

COVID-19 is transforming this Ramadan in unprecedented ways in societies across the globe

Published: April 27, 2020 16:41 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 2020-04-24T200152Z_1033800504_RC28BG9CHBVB_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-SAUDI-1587987640120 — An aerial view of deserted Grand Mosque in Mecca. Mosques stand empty and fast-breaking feasts are cancelled as Muslims around the world begin marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 869079-01-08-1587987629836 — For the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims, the month of Ramadan is a social and spiritual high point of the year, a time to gather with friends and family and to focus on fasting, prayer and scripture, but the coronavirus pandemic is transforming this Ramadan in unprecedented ways in societies across the globe, clearing out mosques, cancelling communal prayers and forcing families to replace physical gatherings with virtual meet-ups. | Above: The Blue Mosque square with Hagia Sophia museum in background, in Istanbul, Turkey. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of RAMADAN-VIRUS [1]-1587987636760 — An imam and his assistents perform Tarawih prayer at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Image Credit: NYT

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Copy of 2020-04-25T010946Z_1365701660_RC2DBG9HKSY5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BRAZIL-RAMADAN-1587987633401 — Sheikh Mohamad Al Bukai together with two Sheikhs from other mosques conduct a social media live stream of the Taraweeh prayer in an almost empty mosque, in Sao Paulo, Brazil Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kenya_Ramadan_65493.jpg-b4f43-1587987627244 — Doors are closed of Masjid Door mosque in Nairobi, Kenya Image Credit: AP

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Copy of VIRUS-RAMADAN-15-1587987601280 — A staff member of Jama Masjid walks through the mosque courtyard in New Delhi, India Image Credit: NYT

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Copy of 869636-01-08-1587987620190 — A devotee attends a prayer on the first day of Ramadan, at the Jame Mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870343-01-08-1587987610606 — Two men stand at a deserted Jamia Mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Britain_Mosque_Morgue_83771.jpg-b9c59-1587987578455 — A volunteer wearing protective clothing and a face mask walks through the car park of Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham, England Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 872037-01-08-1587987587688 — A man walks outside the entrance of the Red Mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-26T205437Z_53204514_RC2DCG9YITTV_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN [1]-1587987582523 — A devotee recites the holy Quran at the Star Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 20200426192L-1587987590680 — A view of the deserted mosque in Kolkata, India Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 872136-01-08-1587987593295 — The Sultanahmet mosque, known as the Blue mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 872831-01-08-1587987585209 — A man reads the holy Quran at the courtyard of the Jami mosque in Herat Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870745-01-08-1587987604174 — People walk past a closed mosque in Khartoum, Sudan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 20200425251L-1587987617914 — Paramilitary personnel stand guard outside a closed mosque in Guwahati, Assam, India Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 874807-01-08-1587987575111 — An aerial view of the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870509-01-08-1587987613215 — An illuminated Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870538-01-08-1587987607126 — A volunteer from the Violet organisation disinfects a mosque in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870276-01-08-1587987616242 — Devotees wearing facemasks pray as they maintain social distance at Shahi Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad, India Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 870995-01-08-1587987598131 — The New Mosque, on Eminonu Square Istanbul, Turkey Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-27T102114Z_1524886464_RC2YCG9OJU5W_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-INDONESIA-1587987572155 — A security officer wearing a protective face mask walks inside the closed Al Azhar Great Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 20200426024L-1587987595496 — Aerial view of a deserted mosque in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 869459-01-08-1587987623173 — A view from outside the closed Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in the Iranian capital Tehran's Shemiran district Image Credit: AFP

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