Muslims living in the Balkan countries Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bulgaria welcomed Ramadan with the first tarawih prayer.
In Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, Muslims flocked to the Skopje Mosque, built by the Turkish Religious Foundation (TDV), to perform the tarawih prayer.
The mosque opened its doors to the public with the first tarawih and hosted thousands of Muslims. Muslims who filled the mosque kept their rows outside despite the cold weather. Due to the first tarawih, there was also congestion in mosques in other cities of the country.
The first tarawih prayer in Tirana, the capital of Albania, was performed at the Namazgah Mosque, the largest mosque in the Balkans, which was built by Türkiye and opened with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on October 10, 2024.
Albanians flocked to the Namazgah Mosque, as well as other mosques in the country, on the occasion of the first tarawih.
Muslims lined up at the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. In the city of Prizren in the south of the country, Muslims filled the Sinan Pasha Mosque as well as other mosques in the city.
In Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, Muslims came together at the Banyabaşı Mosque, the only mosque in the city, to perform the first tarawih prayer of Ramadan.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia
In Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muslims flocked to mosques throughout the city, especially the historical Gazi Hüsrev Bey Mosque, to perform the first tarawih prayer of Ramadan.
While the tarawih prayer was performed in the Bayraklı Mosque, the only mosque in the country, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, the community came together for the first tarawih prayer in the mosques in the Sandzak region, where the Bosnian population lives predominantly.
In Montenegro and Croatia, Muslims filled the mosques and lined up in the first tarawih prayer of Ramadan.
