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This year’s celebration of Eid al-Fitr, normally one of the most joyous holidays for Muslims, had a somber tone to it as many mosques remained closed and people were still sheltering in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”, is a religious holiday which marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. In the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, a drive-through parade was held to observe social distancing. In Iran, which has endured the deadliest outbreak in the Middle East, authorities have imposed few restrictions ahead of the holiday aside from cancelling mass prayers in Tehran traditionally led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Muslims celebrated one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus, with millions confined to their homes and others gripped by economic concerns during what is usually a festive time of shopping and celebration.
