In Pictures: Muslims in Senegal celebrate the end of Ramadan under unprecedented circumstances
- Eight months since its official inauguration, the iconic Massalikul Jinan Mosque in Dakar, Senegal celebrated its first major Islamic holiday –Men line up to enter the Massalikul Jinaan mosque, the biggest in West Africa.
Streams of worshippers lined up at the mosque’s multiple gates in the early hours of the morning and filled the six-hectare courtyard in a sea of colourfulMen in colourful boubous waiting for the prayer marking the end of Ramadan. , and the voice of the Imam, a direct descendent of the founder of the Mouride spiritual movement , extended for streets on end in the popular Dakar neighbourhood.Despite the crowd, it was not religion-as-usual in this part of the world.
While the virus has had a slow start in African countries in comparison to the rest of the world, tackling it has been a monumental concern for both local authorities and international experts alike who fear for the continent’s fragile healthcare systems, food insecurity and the unsustainability of prolonged lockdowns for the workforce.
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