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Muslims around the world mark first day of Ramadan amid COVID-19 pandemic

Holiest month on the Islamic calendar started under lockdown or strict social restrictions

Published: April 24, 2020 16:19 Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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A man wearing a protective face mask prays in the hallway of a mosque closed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuwait City, Kuwait — A man wearing a protective face mask prays in the hallway of a mosque closed due to the outbreak, in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy-of-865121-01-08-(Read-Only) — Security personnel stand guard as Muslims queue maintaining social distancing before entering a mosque to offer Friday prayers during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy-of-Virus_Outbreak_Afghanistan_Ramadan_87758 — Muslim men attend prayer at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan Image Credit: AP

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Copy-of-2020-04-24T104049Z_312365056_RC2UAG9U8UU5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-THAILAND-(Read-Only) — A Muslim man wearing a protective face mask prays at a mosque in Bangkok, Thailand Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy-of-2020-04-24T111649Z_2079130448_RC2ZAG9OSZU6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-PALESTINIANS-(Read-Only) — A Palestinian Muazzin, a person who calls for prayers, reads the Koran in an almost empty mosque in the northern Gaza Strip. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy-of-Virus_Outbreak_Indonesia_48340 — Muslim men wearing face masks read the holy book of Quran at a mosque in the religiously conservative province of Aceh, Indonesia. Image Credit: AP

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Copy-of-864836-01-08-(Read-Only) — A man wearing a face mask reads the Koran after Friday prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Al Makmur mosque in Banda Aceh. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy-of-Virus_Outbreak_Pakistan_Ramadan_31430 — A boy reads holy book of Quran in Peshawar, Pakistan. Image Credit: AP

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2020-04-24T115950Z_1956919333_RC2ZAG9SUNGT_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-PAKISTAN-(Read-Only) — Muslims maintain safe distance as they attend a Friday prayer at Mahabat Khan mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy-of-2020-04-24T003645Z_1752726020_RC2KAG98WNE5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RAMADAN-SAFRICA-(Read-Only) — Muslim clerics pray in Cape Town, South Africa. Image Credit: Reuters

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