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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 12:50 UTC

Tag: Ramadan

  • Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 02:26 UTC

    Gaza: UN Security Council passes ceasefire resolution during Ramadan

    Guterres said that the resolution must be implemented on the ground and that the Council’s failure to do so “would be unforgivable”

    The United Nations (UN) Security Council passed Monday a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it was reported from New York. It was the first time that none of the superpowers powers holding veto rights chose to exercise it.

  • Monday, April 18th 2022 - 16:58 UTC

    Calendar coincidence for monotheist religions on Good Friday

    The rare conjunction of holidays is possible because unlike the Christian calendar, the Islamic calendar is aligned with the moon and the lunar year

    Last Friday, Good Friday for Christians is when the mourning of the crucifixion of Jesus and this Sunday, Easter resurrection. This year the calendar also marked on Friday the eve of Pesach, commonly called Passover, for the Jewish people, which commemorates the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and the end of their slavery. Likewise for Muslims, Friday, within the month of Ramadan, (April 2/May 2) is their weekly holiday.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

    Islam's holiest sites empty of worshipers forced by COVID-19 restrictions

    During Ramadan, Muslims the world over join their families to break the fast at sunset and go to mosques to pray

    The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions.

  • Monday, June 19th 2017 - 11:43 UTC

    New attack in London - Van hits 10 Muslims in Corbyn's constituency

    An aerial view of Fonthill Road near Finsbury Park station after the van attack

    A van hit pedestrians on Fonthill Road near Finsbury Park station outside a mosque in London late Sunday, killing one person and injuring another 10 people in what authorities consider to be a terrorist act. All 10 injured - two of whom are in critical condition - were from the Muslim community, authorites said. British Prime Minister Theresa May called the attack a “terrible incident.”

  • Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:21 UTC

    Pope calls for respect for human life from conception; sends Ramadan message to Muslims

    Parents must teach their children that human life “from the womb” is a gift from God, said Pope Francis

    Respect for human life from conception until natural death is something children must be taught, not mainly with words, but by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said. “Parents are called to pass on to their children the awareness that life must always be defended,” Pope Francis wrote in a message to people joining in the Brazilian Catholic Church's celebration of Family Week, which began August 11.