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11 powerful pictures of Muslims all over the world observing Laylatul Qadr

Laylatul Qadr or ‘Night of Power’ is considered an important date in Ramazan for Muslims

News Desk June 23, 2017

PHOTO: REUTERS

Laylatul Qadr or ‘Night of Power’ is considered an important date in Ramazan for Muslims as the Holy Quran is believed to have been revealed on this night. Muslims try to find the ‘Night of Power’ which can fall on any odd night in the last 10 days of Ramazan. Here are 11 pictures of Muslims observing the 27th night of Ramazan.

A young Pakistani girl prays at a mosque in Karachi on June 22, 2017 on Lailat al-Qader, also known as the Night of Power, and the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan. Lailat al-Qader commemorates the night, according to tradition, when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. PHOTO: AFP / ASIF HASSAN

A young Pakistani girl prays at a mosque in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

Turkish Muslim worshippers break their fast on June 21, 2017 outside the Eyup Sultan mosque on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramadan. Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, marks the night Muslims believe the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel. PHOTO: AFP / OZAN KOSE

Turkish Muslim worshippers break their fast on June 21, 2017 outside the Eyup Sultan mosque. PHOTO: AFP

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray on June 21, 2017 outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion. PHOTO: AFP

An Egyptian boy sits near his father taking part in the Tarawih recitations on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramadan, at Cairo's historic al-Rifai mosque late on June 21, 2017. Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, marks the night Muslims believe the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel. PHOTO: AFP / KHALED DESOUKI

An Egyptian boy sits near his father taking part in the Tarawih recitations. PHOTO: AFP

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray on June 21, 2017 outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: AFP

Kuwaiti men pray at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City early on June, 22, 2017, on the night of 'Lailat al-Qadr' which marks the revelation of the Koran, Islam's holy book, to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel during the fasting month of Ramadan. PHOTO: AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwaiti men pray at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City early on June, 22, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani Muslim offer evening prayers at a mosque in Karachi on June 22, 2017 on Lailat al-Qader, also known as the Night of Power, and the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan. Lailat al-Qader commemorates the night, according to tradition, when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. PHOTO: AFP / ASIF HASSAN

Pakistani Muslims offer evening prayers at a mosque in Karachi on June 22, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani Muslim worshippers arrive to offer evening prayers at an illuminated Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on June 22, 2017 on Lailat al-Qader, also known as the Night of Power, and the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramadan. Lailat al-Qader commemorates the night, according to tradition, when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. PHOTO: AFP / ARIF ALI

Pakistani Muslim worshippers arrive to offer evening prayers at an illuminated Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP

In this photo taken on May 29, 2017, Muslim men crowd a mosque in Yangon as the pray during the holy month of Ramadan. Many of the men, who normally prayed at an Islamic school in their neighborhood, are forced to attend a different faraway mosque after the madrassas in eastern Yangon were closed down by a Buddhist nationalist mob, one of a growing number of raids by resurgent hardliners intent on silencing the maligned minority. PHOTO: AFP / CAROLINE HENSHAW

In this photo taken on May 29, 2017, Muslim men crowd a mosque in Yangon. PHOTO: AFP

Men arrive to attend the evening prayers at the illuminated Faisal Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad, Pakistan June 22, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Men arrive to attend the evening prayers at the illuminated Faisal Mosque in Islamabad on June 22, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Muslim worshippers wait to break their fast on June 21, 2017 outside the Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul on the occasion of Laylatul Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

Muslim worshippers wait to break their fast on June 21, 2017 outside the Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul. PHOTO: AFP

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