Luis Andres Henao, David Crary And Mariam Fam May 05, 2021 - 9:05 PM
U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry S. Truman signed a congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer. The purpose was for people to gather in houses of worship to pray for world peace, according to an Associated Press report from April 17, 1952.
Since 1988 the event has taken place on the first Thursday in May, diligently observed by some churches, ignored by others. The 70th edition this week comes after a year wracked by a devastating pandemic, political polarization and turmoil related to racial injustice.
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IRAN-NUCLEAR The head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program has called a blackout that struck the country’s Natanz nuclear facility “nuclear terrorism.” Ali Akbar Salehi made the comments in a report published online by Iranian state television on Sunday night. He did not name a suspect in the sabotage. His comments escalate current Mideast tensions. Many Israeli media outlets offered the same assessment that a cyberattack darkened Natanz and damaged a facility that is home to sensitive centrifuges. By Jon Gambrell SENT: 1,040 words, photos. WITH: IRAN-NUCLEAR EXPLAINER Iran’s nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with t
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People shop for traditional lanterns for the holy month of Ramadan at the main market in Gaza City, April 11, 2021. Muslims are facing their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic. Many Muslim majority countries have been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. While some countries imposed new Ramadan restrictions, concern is high that the monthâs rituals could stoke a further surge. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) April 12, 2021 - 11:09 AM
CAIRO - For Ramadan this year, Magdy Hafez has been longing to reclaim a cherished ritual: performing the nighttime group prayers called taraweeh at the mosque once again.
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Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan
by Mariam Fam, Kathy Gannon And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 12, 2021 1:43 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 12, 2021 at 1:44 am EDT
CAIRO For Ramadan this year, Magdy Hafez has been longing to reclaim a cherished ritual: performing the nighttime group prayers called taraweeh at the mosque once again.
Last year, the coronavirus upended the 68-year-old Egyptian’s routine of going to the mosque to perform those prayers, traditional during Islam’s holiest month. The pandemic had disrupted Islamic worship the world over, including in Egypt where mosques were closed to worshippers last Ramadan.