Huge crowds pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa for first Ramadan Friday

Online News Services May 10, 2019

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Fri, 2019-05-10 16:11

JERUSALEM: Around 180,000 Muslims prayed at east Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday, the first in the holy month of Ramadan, a body responsible for the site said.
The figure from the Waqf organization is 50 percent higher than last year, when around 120,000 people attended the first Friday prayers.

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Reuters)

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Reuters)

Palestinian youths climb a section of Israel's separation wall to reach at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. (AFP)Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Palestinian women pray on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan inside the Dome of the Rock. (Reuters)

Palestinian worshippers pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Palestinian worshippers pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Reuters)

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