Ramadan in Albania
The brochures highlight the virtues of the holy month and its primacy over other months.
Albania is a country in the Balkans in southeast Europe. Its population is over 3 million and more than 80 percent of the people are Muslim.
Every year, Albanian Muslims enthusiastically wait for the holy month and make preparations for it.
When the Muslims Affairs Directorate announces the start of Ramadan, the faithful congratulate one another on the auspicious occasion.
They receive the brochures in which the imams of mosques and preachers provide some lessons and lectures which focus on the virtue of the month.
Some imams and scholars usually come to the country from Turkey during this holy month.
The imams lead special Ramadan prayers known as Tarawih in mosques. These prayers are attended by a large number of worshippers.
There are some 270 mosques in the country.
Albanians also do the Khatm Quran (reading the Holy Book from the beginning to the end) in this month.
The imam recites a Juz (part) of the Quran daily in the mosque after the noon prayer, and the worshipers gather around him and listen to him as he recites the verses.
