Muslims begin marking Ramadan with socially distanced prayers
By Press Association 2021 Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practise social distancing during an evening prayer called “tarawih” marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia Muslims have begun marking Ramadan with communal prayers in a socially distanced contrast to the empty mosques of a year ago when Islam’s holiest month coincided with the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 cases are spiking in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but vac...