Muslims living in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Albania in the Balkans welcomed the month of Ramadan with the first tarawih prayer.
Muslims in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, filled many mosques in the city, especially the historic Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque, to perform the first tarawih prayer.
The historical Bascarsija district in Sarajevo was decorated with moon and crescent lighting.
While tarawih prayers were performed in Bayraklı Mosque, the only mosque in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, the first tarawih prayers were also performed in mosques in the Sandzak region, where the Bosniak population is densely populated.
The historic Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, was filled with Muslims who came to perform the first tarawih prayer of Ramadan. Because the mosque was full, some Muslims performed tarawih prayers outside.
Muslims in Tirana, the capital of Albania, also came to Dine Hodja Mosque for the first tarawih prayer. Muslims filled the mosques in Tirana as well as mosques across the country.
In Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, Muslims lined up at the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque, while in the southern city of Prizren, Muslims filled the Sinan Pasha Mosque and other mosques in the city.
In Montenegro, Muslims who wanted to perform their first tarawih prayer came together in mosques in the capital Podgorica and other cities.
The mosque, which shares the same name as the Croatian capital Zagreb, was filled with people who came to perform the first tarawih prayer, and prayers were said after the prayer.
