The mosque in Östersund is closed during Ramadan

The large room is covered with welcoming soft carpets. But the mosque on Neighborhood North is empty. No one comes to the important Friday prayer, nor do members, young or old, come to eat together when the sun goes down.

"It's so sad," says the Muslim Association president Tahar Khalfallah. But Ramadan is for us to think about God and those who are having a hard time. So it must be like this.

Now a month awaits when the mosque would normally be very well visited.

- Everyone can pray at home, says Tahar Khalfallah

- Today there would be over 200 people here, says Tahar Khalfallah. It is prayer and in the evening when the fast is broken we meet here and eat. Everyone brings food from their home countries.

The Ramadan ends with, Eid al-fitr, a party where you eat well and give the children gifts.

- We also set that celebration, says Tahar Khalfallah.

Have you been thinking about sending a Friday prayer digitally?

- No, it will be too difficult. There are also many websites where religious meetings are ongoing.

Mosques all over the world are closed for large gatherings. There are also stops for pilgrimage to the holy stone in Mecca.

During Ramadan you fast from dawn to sunset. Sick, pregnant and children are excluded.

Ramadan is the month when Prophet Muhammad got his revelation through the archangel Jibril.