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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. For observant Muslims, Ramadan is a month of fasting to commemorate the giving of the first revelation of the Quran to the prophet Muhammed by the angel Jibril (Gabriel). All adult Muslims are required to observe the fast from sunrise to sunset as one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims pray on the last Friday of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock, the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 7 Israel Police noted that terrorists exploit Ramadan to “incite and disseminate misleading narratives about events in Jerusalem, especially in the Old City and on the Temple Mount.” Israel was beefing up forces and security measures in Jerusalem Sunday ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as the war in Gaza cast a somber mood on normally festive preparations by JERUSALEM (AP) — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind metal shutters. The narrow streets that run toward Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, are eerily empty. Israel’s military offensive has killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and destroyed vast areas of Gaza. The war was sparked by an Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel in which Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages. For some Muslims, Ramadan also comes amid changes in their countries. Ramadan, the Muslim faith’s holiest month, is a time of prayer and reflection. But in Israel, the holiday season also comes with violence, as Israeli-Palestinian tensions tend to peak. Officials in Israel are concerned that Hamas may be deliberately delaying cease-fire negotiations to use Ramadan to inflame tensions in the region, said an Israeli official who requested There are renewed fears of violence spreading, particularly to Jerusalem, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as a truce remains elusive. Hamas has reiterated a call for Palestinians to People sit together to break their Ramadan fast at the end of the last day of the Muslim holy month and the start of the holiday of Eid al-fitr, near the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Aqsa Mosque The Injil was revealed during the thirteenth night of Ramadan and Allah revealed the Qur’an on the twenty-fourth night of Ramadan.” (Ahmad 4:107 and Musnad 177025). "Ramadan is when all of the country comes to Temple Mount, and that's a completely different thing," Hassan-Nahoum said. "The numbers are very, very different. And so, there has to be the Riots on the Temple Mount, Ramadan, April 2022 (Archive). Photo: AFP. Throughout the week, Hamas has seized on Israeli police recommendations to limit the number of Muslim worshippers allowed at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, proposing a cap of 10,000 people at a time. Source Name: Islamic Finder . Muslims around the world eagerly anticipate the arrival of the blessed month of Ramadan, about which Prophet Muhammad SAW said, “There has come to you Ramadan, a blessed month which Allah has enjoined you to fast, during which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the rebellious devils are chained up. Muslims offer prayer on the first Friday of Ramadan outside the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 24, 2023. JERUSALEM (AP) — 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 Israel-Hamas war would spark clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City. The Dome of the Rock lies in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a holy site for Muslims and a national symbol for Palestinians. Ultranationalist Jews have increased their attempts to pray on the site in Israel berencana kembali membatasi dengan ketat kompleks Masjid Al-Aqsa di Yerusalem, Palestina, selama Bulan Suci Ramadan. Lembaga penyiaran publik Israel KAN, Rabu (26/2/2025), melaporkan pembatasan tersebut akan melibatkan 3.000 polisi yang ditempatkan di sejumlah pos pemeriksaan. Pos-pos itu Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday Israel has identified that Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas are aiming to take advantage of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and turn it into “the second Israel is set to severely restrict access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan. The restrictions, according to reports in Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan, include the deployment of 3,000 police at checkpoints leading to East Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque.
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