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Indonesian Muslims attend an Eid al-Fitr prayer in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta on Sunday. (AP pic)RIYADH: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections. The festival, one…

Riyadh: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections. The festival, one of the most important in the Muslim calendar marking the end of the holy month of…

Saudis shop at the Panorama Mall in Riyadh as Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. RIYADH: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections.The festival, one of the…

Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offered respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections.The three-day festival, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is traditionally celebrated with mosque prayers, family feasts…

Turkey will partially allow congregational prayer gatherings in mosques to resume from 29 May as long as social distancing rules are followed. The Turkish interior ministry announced the new rules surrounding mosques on Friday, as the country begins to ease lockdown restrictions after two months. Two out of five daily…

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A huge spike in coronavirus cases in the Middle East, where many have been observing the Islamic month of Ramadan, has led countries to extend and reinforce lockdown measures during this weekend's Eid holiday.The largest number of cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, has been in Saudi…

As the faithful prepare for the end of Islam's holiest month, governments have enacted tougher lockdown measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. But religious authorities have sought to provide spiritual relief. As the Muslim world prepares to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Islam's holiest month, many of the…

Muslims circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca last March. (AP pic)JAKARTA: Indonesia on Tuesday called for Saudi Arabia to decide if it will allow the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the ritual into doubt. Last year around 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across…

Muslims circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca last March. (AP pic)JAKARTA: Indonesia on Tuesday called for Saudi Arabia to decide if it will allow the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the ritual into doubt. Last year around 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across…