MUSLIMS around the world marked a sombre Eid al-Fit ramid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
The three-day festival, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, is traditionally celebrated with mosque prayers, family feasts and shopping for new clothes, gifts and sweets.
But casting a pall on the festival, already subdued due to the raging pandemic, was deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians, with fears growing it could spiral into full-blown conflict. – May 15, 2021.
Palestinians walk after performing Eid al-Fitr prayers amid debris near the al-Sharouk tower, which housed the bureau of the Al-Aqsa television channel in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, after it was destroyed by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City. Israel faced an escalating conflict on two fronts, scrambling to quell riots between Arabs and Jews on its own streets after days of exchanging deadly fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.A Palestinian Muslim woman prays at the grave of a relative in the main cemetery of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The Israeli army has launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the week, while Palestinian militants have launched more than 1,200 rockets, according to Israel's army, in some of the worst violence in seven years in the area. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.An aerial view shows Iraqi worshippers taking part in the Eid Al-Fitr prayer in the Old City of Mosul, in the courtyard of the damaged Umayad mosque to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.Muslim worshippers pray during the the Eid al-Fitr morning prayer sermon at a football stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as Muslims across the globe mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.Muslims gather to perform the Eid Al-Fitr prayer, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at Bradford Central Mosque in Bradford, northern England. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.Muslim worshippers walk past a toy store following Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at al-Azhar mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.Baye Fall followers sing as they start to transport the food towards the Great Mosque of Touba in Mbacke. The Baye Fall is a Senegalese Muslim Sect and a branch of the Mouride brotherhood, Senegals largest Muslim brotherhood. The Baye Fall believe that physical labor, which can consist of farming, construction work and cooking, is an act of prayer and devotion. They are also well-known for their colourful clothing dreadlocks and mass chanting. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.A child accompanying his parents buy balloons after offering special prayers on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Karachi. – AFP pic, May 15, 2021.People offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. – EPA pic, May 15, 2021.Russian Muslims attend a morning prayer session to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, in Moscow, Russia. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. – EPA pic, May 15, 2021.A woman mourns among the tombstones at the Vlakovo Cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Bosnian Muslims visited cemeteries to offer prayers for the dead. – EPA pic, May 15, 2021.Bangladeshi Muslims offer Eidl al-Fitr prayers at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, which mark the end of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival at the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. - EPA pic, May 15, 2021.Bangladeshi Islamic political party Islami Andolan Bangladesh members take part in a protest to support Palestinians after Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, following the recent Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. – EPA pic, May 15, 2021.
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