RAMADAN MUBARAK.
A police officer prays with his assault rifle at arm’s length at a mosque inside the provincial capitol grounds together with evacuees and security personnel in Marawi City. Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic year. Fasting (sawm in Arabic) is one of the five key pillar of Islam, along with prayer (salat), charity (zakat), faith (shahadah) and making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.