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Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Volunteer paramedics help elderly Palestinian women while they try to crosses from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Syrians look for sweets to buy during Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A group of sheikhs call for the prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Sunni women read the Quran during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian Muslim women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Women have their Iftar, the Ramadan fast-breaking meal, organised by the local community in a poor neighborhood in Istanbul, Saturday March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo's El Matareya district peer from their balconies to celebrate a mass break-fast, "Iftar", the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Shiites break the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Traditional sweets are served at the tables as residents prepare for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in the war-devastated Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Widows and mothers of war victims gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by local NGOs in the devastated Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Palestinian women take a photo next to the the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian Shareef Baleya, 65, leaves after he was not allowed to cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinians take cover from the rain while they wait to cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Muslims take a selfie as they wait for the time to break their Ramadan fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims offer third Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
A Muslim reads verses of the Quran as he observes "Itikaf," that requires staying in seclusion in a mosque spending most time in prayer and reading the Quran during the last 10 days of the Islamic fasting on month of Ramadan, at the historical Mahabat Khan Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslim worshippers leave Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A dervish spins during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Whirling dervishes prepare to perform a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
People buy pickles as they prepare for breakfast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Dervishes spin during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A dervish spins during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite worshippers gather at the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the eighth century, during holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Naheemah Ishola, Founder of Meebelle Kitchen, Right, distributes ramadan cook jollof rice and Chicken to the less privileged women in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Bakr Qusay, a 35-year-old "mesaharati" or dawn caller wakes people up for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the poor neighborhood of Fadhil district in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Less privileged men raise waits to collect ramadan cook jollof rice and Chicken in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A dancer performs a Nubian dance to attract customers to enter a restaurant for a "Suhur" meal, before they start their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at El-Gamaliyya district in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Sikh volunteer distributes food plates among people for breaking their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a free meal point, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joins fasting Muslims at an Iftar dinner at the Wilmersdorf mosque, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians pray during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Shafi'i Mosque, damaged by Israeli army strikes, in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A woman buys decorations marking the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Visitors on a motor bike are reflected on Ramadan traditional decorations at a popular market marking the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Shopkeepers break their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)
A dancer holds a baby as he performs during Ramadan festival at the historical castle of Sidon, south of Lebanon, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historic Mahabat Khan Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
A police officer stands guard as Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the outer area of a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at outer area of a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: "Pray for the Prophet." (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Kashmiri Muslims wash themselves at a fountain in the compound of Jamia Masjid or grand mosque during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Muslims pray, as a boy plays on the back of his father, during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Women take cover from the rain near the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Women pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Women pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli Border Police stand guard at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem as worshippers make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A boy plays with a firecracker after Iftar, the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan, in Gaza City, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A woman prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A woman reads the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A man rests after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men rest after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men rest after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
An Israeli soldier speaks to a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on her way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man's ID at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on his way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Students read the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Daarut Tarqiyah Primago Islamic Boarding School in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Palestinians hang decorations next to their destroyed homes in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A table is prepared for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), on the first day of Ramadan in the Jobar neighborhood, which was devastated by the Syrian war, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Festive lights are strung between destroyed Palestinian homes for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians hold a collective suhoor meal next to their destroyed homes for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Arabic reads: "Ramadan." (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A man in a clown costume performs in a square on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A volunteer prepares food plates to be distributed among people for breaking their fast at a free meal distribution point during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Families eat pre-dawn meal or 'Sehri' to start their fasting during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a free meal distribution center run by a charity group, in Karachi, Pakistan Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Fatima Al-Absi, left, shares Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, with her daughter and grandchildren on the first day of Ramadan in their damaged apartment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Muslim worshipper prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at Yeni mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Indonesian Muslim men rest as they wait for the time to break their fast during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Volunteer paramedics help elderly Palestinian women while they try to crosses from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Syrians look for sweets to buy during Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A group of sheikhs call for the prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Sunni women read the Quran during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian Muslim women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Women have their Iftar, the Ramadan fast-breaking meal, organised by the local community in a poor neighborhood in Istanbul, Saturday March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo's El Matareya district peer from their balconies to celebrate a mass break-fast, "Iftar", the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Shiites break the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Traditional sweets are served at the tables as residents prepare for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in the war-devastated Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Widows and mothers of war victims gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by local NGOs in the devastated Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Palestinian women take a photo next to the the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian Shareef Baleya, 65, leaves after he was not allowed to cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinians take cover from the rain while they wait to cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Muslims take a selfie as they wait for the time to break their Ramadan fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims offer third Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
A Muslim reads verses of the Quran as he observes "Itikaf," that requires staying in seclusion in a mosque spending most time in prayer and reading the Quran during the last 10 days of the Islamic fasting on month of Ramadan, at the historical Mahabat Khan Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslim worshippers leave Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A dervish spins during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Whirling dervishes prepare to perform a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
People buy pickles as they prepare for breakfast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Dervishes spin during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A dervish spins during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite worshippers gather at the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the eighth century, during holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Naheemah Ishola, Founder of Meebelle Kitchen, Right, distributes ramadan cook jollof rice and Chicken to the less privileged women in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Bakr Qusay, a 35-year-old "mesaharati" or dawn caller wakes people up for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the poor neighborhood of Fadhil district in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Less privileged men raise waits to collect ramadan cook jollof rice and Chicken in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A dancer performs a Nubian dance to attract customers to enter a restaurant for a "Suhur" meal, before they start their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at El-Gamaliyya district in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Sikh volunteer distributes food plates among people for breaking their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a free meal point, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joins fasting Muslims at an Iftar dinner at the Wilmersdorf mosque, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians pray during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Shafi'i Mosque, damaged by Israeli army strikes, in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A woman buys decorations marking the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Visitors on a motor bike are reflected on Ramadan traditional decorations at a popular market marking the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Shopkeepers break their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)
A dancer holds a baby as he performs during Ramadan festival at the historical castle of Sidon, south of Lebanon, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historic Mahabat Khan Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
A police officer stands guard as Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the outer area of a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at outer area of a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: "Pray for the Prophet." (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Kashmiri Muslims wash themselves at a fountain in the compound of Jamia Masjid or grand mosque during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Muslims pray, as a boy plays on the back of his father, during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Women take cover from the rain near the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Women pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Women pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli Border Police stand guard at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem as worshippers make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A boy plays with a firecracker after Iftar, the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan, in Gaza City, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A woman prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A woman reads the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A man rests after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men rest after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men rest after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
An Israeli soldier speaks to a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on her way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man's ID at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on his way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Students read the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Daarut Tarqiyah Primago Islamic Boarding School in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Palestinians hang decorations next to their destroyed homes in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A table is prepared for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), on the first day of Ramadan in the Jobar neighborhood, which was devastated by the Syrian war, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Festive lights are strung between destroyed Palestinian homes for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians hold a collective suhoor meal next to their destroyed homes for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Arabic reads: "Ramadan." (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A man in a clown costume performs in a square on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A volunteer prepares food plates to be distributed among people for breaking their fast at a free meal distribution point during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Families eat pre-dawn meal or 'Sehri' to start their fasting during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a free meal distribution center run by a charity group, in Karachi, Pakistan Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Fatima Al-Absi, left, shares Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, with her daughter and grandchildren on the first day of Ramadan in their damaged apartment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Muslim worshipper prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at Yeni mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
