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3.2 million people pray Taraweeh at Prophet’s Mosque in Ramadan first half

More than 3.2 million people have prayed the Taraweeh, the special night prayers in Ramadan, at the Prophet Mosque during the first 15 days of the holy month,

This was reported by the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques.

The presidency said as many as 1.4 million worshippers prayed inside the mosque.

About 1.5 million prayed outside in the mosque’s plazas and 234,239 on its roof as reported by Saudi Gazette.

The presidency said an average of 15,623 people pray on the roof of the mosque every day, 98,589 inside the mosque and 100,868 in the plazas.

Written by Adeel Malik

Born in Hong Kong, grew up in Scotland and ethnically Pakistani, Adeel primes himself to be a multicultural individual who is an advent social media user for the purpose of learning and propagating Islam while is also a sports fan. Being an English teacher himself, he envisions a bright future for Muslims which he strongly believes can only be done with education.

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