International_Day_of_Quds International Day of Al-Quds (Rooz-e jahaany-e Qods in PersianIsrael's control of Jerusalem, (Al-Quds in ArabicIran where the occasion was first suggested. It is held each year on the last Friday of Ramadan. Jerusalem Day is not an Islamic religious holiday but a political event open to both Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and thus observance is not obligatory in Islam.The parade originated in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.