For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the ...
But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family ... and bribery.” At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age-old: A woman ...
It is not merely the end of fasting but a continuation of its ... with the Caliphs leading prayers in large congregations. The Umayyad expansion saw larger gatherings and state-organised ...