Under Israeli restrictions, Palestinian Christians mark quiet Holy Week
Israeli restrictions disrupt Jerusalem’s Holy Week, leaving the Christian Quarter deserted and businesses shuttered.
![Access to key Christian holy sites in Jerusalem has been restricted this Easter holiday. Israel says it protects Christianity in the Middle East, but Palestinian Christians say they face violence and movement restrictions contributing to a decline in the Christian population. [Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-1775227277.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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300 million people celebrate Nowruz under a cloud of war
Millions of people have rung in the ancient Persian New Year, Nowruz, as war grips the Middle East.
Published On 21 Mar 2026
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Air raid sirens blare during Eid call to prayer in Kuwait
Air raid sirens sounded across Kuwait City as Iran targeted US assets with missiles and drones.
Published On 20 Mar 2026
Palestinian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
People gather in Khartoum, Sudan for Eid prayers. [Marwan Ali/AP Photo]
Two Yemeni children exchange greetings following the morning Eid prayers in Sanaa, Yemen. [Mohammed Huwais/AFP]
Large congregational prayers were held in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. [Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP]
A woman gets her hands decorated with henna on the eve of the Muslim festival in Karachi, Pakistan. [Rizwan Tabassum/AFP]
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Lakemba Mosque in Sydney, where he was briefly heckled by a small group of worshippers during Eid prayers over his stance on Israel. [Hollie Adams/Reuters]
Muslim devotees fill Istanbul's Blue Mosque for Eid al-Fitr morning prayers. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
A drone view of Albanian Muslims attending Eid al-Fitr prayers at Skanderbeg Square, in the capital, Tirana, Albania. [Florion Goga/Reuters]
People try to catch free balloons distributed during an Eid al-Fitr event outside El Seddik Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. [Khaled el Fiqi/AP]
Muslim devotees raise their hands in prayer at the Muhammadiyah University compound in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. [Chaideer/AFP]
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Quran echoes loudly as Palestinian reciters gather in Gaza
Quran memorisers in Gaza overcome devastation from war, reciting the holy book as a source of hope and strength.
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Vatican envoy visits Lebanese church after priest killed in shelling
The Vatican envoy to Lebanon visited Qlayaa, after a priest was killed in an Israeli attack.
Published On 14 Mar 2026
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Worshippers pray outside Al-Aqsa amid closure on al-Quds Day
Muslim worshippers prayed outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound as Israeli authorities kept holy sites closed.
Published On 13 Mar 2026
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Michigan synagogue and Virginia university shootings: What we know
The assailant who rammed his vehicle into Detroit’s Temple Israel synagogue has been killed.
![A mom carries her baby out of the Temple Israel Synagogue after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident there, in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026. [Rebecca Cook/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-03-12T201821Z_192600930_RC283KAR7VT4_RTRMADP_3_MICHIGAN-SHOOTING_cropped-1773360168.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
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Michigan synagogue ramming an ‘act of targeted violence’: FBI
The FBI says it is treating a vehicle ramming at a Michigan synagogue as an attack on the Jewish community.
Published On 13 Mar 2026
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Displaced Lebanese families seek refuge in school shelter
Displaced families from southern Lebanon have taken refuge in a school in Sidon after fleeing Israeli attacks.
Published On 11 Mar 2026
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Global News Insight visits Middle East’s first women-only mosque
Global News Insight visited the first women-only mosque in the Middle East, in the Qatari capital Doha.
Published On 11 Mar 2026
