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Algeria mosques fertile ground for matchmaking
Algerian men flock to mosques during Ramadan to perform the extended taraweeh prayers, a nightly prayer in which a section of the Quran is recited until the entire book is completed by the end of the holy month.
This year, however, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of women attending mosques to perform taraweeh, turning the mosque into a somewhat unlikely matchmaking center.
This Ramadan mosques have become a favored venue for men seeking wives and mothers seeking future daughter-in-laws.
Source: Alarabiya.net (Dubai-based, Saudi-owned), September 10, 2008
Posted at: 2008-09-11
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