Imam Walid Mehsas was leading Taraweeh, a nightly prayer that is said every evening during Ramadan, in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria, when the cat hopped onto his chest Anna Lazarus Caplan is a ...

A cat made a surprise appearance at a crowded mosque in Algeria during taraweeh, a nightly prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Video shows the feline jump onto the imam as he led the ...

In Islam, Fajr is the first prayer of the day, one of the five daily obligatory prayers for Muslims. The Fajr adhan — the call to prayer — begins right at dawn, and is to be performed before the sun ...

The phrase, meaning “Happy Ramadan,” is frequently used during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, a time when fasting, prayer and reflection are heavily prioritized. Ramadan, one of the most ...

Area Muslims will welcome the start of Ramadan tonight with a return to in-person, nightly communal gatherings for prayer at suburban mosques, and monthlong fasting during daylight hours. The first ...

Despite fears of violence, the first Friday prayers held during Ramadan in Jerusalem passed peacefully. Some 80,000 worshippers joined prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, according to the Waqf authority.

Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. For Muslims, the month is about fasting, prayer and community, a time most Muslims look forward to each year. For some New Yorkers, this Ramadan is being ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed without violence at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque under tight Israeli restrictions, amid fears the ongoing war ...

Ramadan 2026: Ramadan follows the Islamic lunar calendar, which is based on the sighting of the crescent moon.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — COVID-19 cases are spiking in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but vaccines are being administered and the government is loosening restrictions. JAKARTA, ...