Quds Day
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annual event held on the last Friday of Ramadan
Key facts
- Official name
- روز جهانی قدس ( Ruz Jahâni Quds )
- Observed by
- Arab world , Muslim world , anti-Zionists
- Type
- International
- Significance
- Demonstrations against Zionism , the State of Israel , and the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem ; solidarity with the Palestinian people
- Date
- Last Friday of Ramadan
- Frequency
- Annual
- Started by
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Related to
- Iranian Revolution , Palestinian nationalism , Anti-Zionism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public holidays in Iran
- Founded by
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Official website
- www.qudsday.com
- Image
- 2016 Quds International Day in Tehran.jpg
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- inception
- 1979-01-01
- Commons category
- Quds Day
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sieges
Before Common Era 701 BCE
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quds Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.