The government of Ceuta decided on Thursday to reduce the curfew by one hour, from 6 hours to 5 hours, to allow Muslim worshippers to attend the first morning prayer in mosques, during this holy month of Ramadan.
Moroccan Internet users launched, before the start of Ramadan, a campaign to boycott Algerian dates on social networks, in order to "do justice" to the Moroccan farmers of the Figuig oasis expelled by the Algerian army on the one hand, and to encourage Moroccans to consume local dates on the other.
In Casablanca , police officers surprised an Ivorian student by inviting him to break the fast with them. The young man hails "the face of South-South cooperation, the acceptance of the other in his differences".
Faced with multiple calls on social media to encourage Moroccans to defy the ban on Tarawih prayers during Ramadan, the brigades specialized in the fight against cybercrime within the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) are tracking down the authors.
The Party of Justice and Development (PJD) and Al Adl Wal Ihsane are at loggerheads. The reason for the disagreement: the ban on Tarawih prayers in mosques during Ramadan.
The holy month of Ramadan is for Moroccans a real springboard to enhance their ancestral customs and traditions. This period full of symbolism is deeply distorted by the health crisis of the coronavirus.
While Moroccans reduce their working hours by nearly a quarter during the month of Ramadan, their consumer spending, regardless of social class, increases by 16.3% per household. This is revealed by a survey on time use in the Kingdom.
This year again, the health measures put in place for this month of Ramadan are pushing some to transgress them. In Tangier , protest movements defying in particular the closure of mosques for the evening collective prayers have occurred.
In Barcelona, Muslims in precarious situations or homeless gathered last Friday to take the iftar for free in the premises of the Catholic Church of Santa Anna during Ramadan. The holy month is taking place once again in a particular context linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The elements of the National Security of the city of Al Hoceima arrested a young man after being caught in the act of breaking the Ramadan fast in broad daylight on April 15. He faces up to six months in prison.
Some 60 new shows have been launched by Snapchat with its partners to allow consumers to access, on their mobile phones and at their convenience, new content specially adapted to the holy month of Ramadan.
Jack Lang gives Muslims the place that is rightfully theirs in French society. In a message of good wishes on the occasion of the start of the month of Ramadan, the president of the Arab World Institute (IMA) affirmed that "without the Muslims, France would not be what it is".