DIGBOI, Sept 24 – Id-ul-Fitre was celebrated at Digboi on Monday as in the other parts of India with gaiety and a rich fund of good will for humanity at large.
The rains played the spoilsport and the Idd namaz could not be held as per an earlier plan, in the Iddgah Maidan of Digboi centrally. As such, the Idd namaz was performed separately in each one of the none mosques all over Digboi.
In Jame Masjid, the biggest mosque at Digboi, the namaz was conducted by Maulana Akhtarul Quadri and it was attended by around 4,000 devotees. The Maulana prayed for peace and amity for all the people living in India and exhorted in his speech for maintenance of harmony in the country.
He also called upon the congregation of worshippers to follow the holy tenets of the Quran to help build a peaceful society.
Ubedullah Khan, secretary of the Kabarsthan Iddgah Hefajat Committee of Digboi, offered the vote of thanks to IOCL (AOD), SDO (Civil) of Margherita sub-division, Bogapani TE, members of the local press and others for facilitating the celebrations.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Maulana Wali Rahmani espaces unhurt in stone-pelting at Munger Idgah
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Eminent spiritual leader, Sajjada Nasheen of Khanqah Munger Maulana Muhammad Wali Rahmani escaped unhurt when anti-social elements started pelting stone as the Maulana was about to entre the Idgah to lead Eid prayers on Monday. However, a namazi sustained injuries in head.
It was an apparent move to flare up communal passion leading to violence, but Maulana Rahmani wisely handled the issue and did not let the communalists succeed in their nefarious design. Munger has always been a communally sensitive town. Several communal riots have taken place here.
According to reports, when the Maulana reached the Idgah some anti-social elements threw stones from inside the R D & D J College overlooking the Idgah. The incident exposed the poor security arrangements around the Idgah on the day of Eid.
During the Khutba the Maulana did not talk much about the incident as it could have led to tension. However, he mentioned it. As soon as the news spread in the town condemnations poured in from all sides.
http://www.twocircles.net/2009sep23/maulana_wali_rahmani_espaces_unhurt_stone_pelting_munger_idgah.html
New Delhi: Eminent spiritual leader, Sajjada Nasheen of Khanqah Munger Maulana Muhammad Wali Rahmani escaped unhurt when anti-social elements started pelting stone as the Maulana was about to entre the Idgah to lead Eid prayers on Monday. However, a namazi sustained injuries in head.
It was an apparent move to flare up communal passion leading to violence, but Maulana Rahmani wisely handled the issue and did not let the communalists succeed in their nefarious design. Munger has always been a communally sensitive town. Several communal riots have taken place here.
According to reports, when the Maulana reached the Idgah some anti-social elements threw stones from inside the R D & D J College overlooking the Idgah. The incident exposed the poor security arrangements around the Idgah on the day of Eid.
During the Khutba the Maulana did not talk much about the incident as it could have led to tension. However, he mentioned it. As soon as the news spread in the town condemnations poured in from all sides.
http://www.twocircles.net/2009sep23/maulana_wali_rahmani_espaces_unhurt_stone_pelting_munger_idgah.html
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
Kochi: Muslims in Kerala celebrated Eid-ul Fitr on Monday with much fervor and rejoice after the month-long fast of Ramadan. Namaz of Eid was held at various Eid gahs and masjids all over the state. Men, women and children celebrated the Eid with delicious food items as well as visits to relatives and friends after the namaz.
The specialty of this year’s Eid was that the Kerala celebrated it with the rest of the country unlike in earlier times when Eid in the state came a day earlier when compared to the rest of India.
Kochi used to have three eidgahs in the past couple of years but this year there was only one. Eidgahs were announced in the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium and the Maharaja’s College ground but had to be cancelled because of rain (water remained on the ground due to the previous day’s rain). So the only Eidgah at the Marine Drive ground was packed fully with believers. Imam Basheer Muhiyudheen led the prayers. Eid namaz was also held in different masjids in the city. TK Aboobaker Moulvi led the prayers at the Salafi Masjid in Vyttila, Kochi.
Eid namaz was held in different masjids and eid gahs in Malappuram district. KT Abdu Raheem, Jamat e Islami shura member, led the Eid gah at Kottappadi ground at Malappuram. Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Muslim League state president, led the prayers at Panakkad Juma Masjid. Namaz was led by MP Abdussamad Samadani, Muslim League national secretary, at Randathani.
Eid gahs were arranged in the Mananchira ground, the Corporation Stadium and the beach in the Kozhikode city. Thousands thronged the various eid gahs and masjids for namaz and sermon.
Thakbeer was chanted and greetings and pleasantries exchanged by the believers. Fitr zakath was also distributed to the needy before the Eid namaz through zakath committees and masjids. Non-Muslims also attended the Eid celebrations.
Kochi: Muslims in Kerala celebrated Eid-ul Fitr on Monday with much fervor and rejoice after the month-long fast of Ramadan. Namaz of Eid was held at various Eid gahs and masjids all over the state. Men, women and children celebrated the Eid with delicious food items as well as visits to relatives and friends after the namaz.
The specialty of this year’s Eid was that the Kerala celebrated it with the rest of the country unlike in earlier times when Eid in the state came a day earlier when compared to the rest of India.
Kochi used to have three eidgahs in the past couple of years but this year there was only one. Eidgahs were announced in the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium and the Maharaja’s College ground but had to be cancelled because of rain (water remained on the ground due to the previous day’s rain). So the only Eidgah at the Marine Drive ground was packed fully with believers. Imam Basheer Muhiyudheen led the prayers. Eid namaz was also held in different masjids in the city. TK Aboobaker Moulvi led the prayers at the Salafi Masjid in Vyttila, Kochi.
Eid namaz was held in different masjids and eid gahs in Malappuram district. KT Abdu Raheem, Jamat e Islami shura member, led the Eid gah at Kottappadi ground at Malappuram. Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Muslim League state president, led the prayers at Panakkad Juma Masjid. Namaz was led by MP Abdussamad Samadani, Muslim League national secretary, at Randathani.
Eid gahs were arranged in the Mananchira ground, the Corporation Stadium and the beach in the Kozhikode city. Thousands thronged the various eid gahs and masjids for namaz and sermon.
Thakbeer was chanted and greetings and pleasantries exchanged by the believers. Fitr zakath was also distributed to the needy before the Eid namaz through zakath committees and masjids. Non-Muslims also attended the Eid celebrations.
Fiji `Eid... Family Time
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CAIRO — In the small pacific nation of Fiji, `Eid Al-Fitr, a major occasion in the Islamic calendar, is all about festivities and gatherings for Muslim families, and a time when the tiny minority reaches out to share `eid joy with non-Muslim compatriots.
"After the 30-day fast, we celebrate normal life again and enjoy it with family and friends," Hafiz Khan, president of the Fiji Muslim League, told the Fiji Times on Tuesday, September 22.
Fiji's nearly 60,000 Muslims, who make up nearly 6.5 percent of its population, celebrated `Eid, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Monday, September 21.
The day starts with a special prayer, usually organized in grand mosques and open areas.
"Only the males go to the mosque for prayers and devotion to mark the end of Ramadan," said Azad Ali.
After the prayers, festivities and merriment start and Muslims dedicate their time to the company of their immediate and extended family members.
"We visit our relatives and friends to wish them well," added Ali.
"We also visit the needy and we give what we can to them at the mosque."
`Eid Al-Fitr is one of the two main Islamic religious feasts, together with `Eid Al-Adha.
Non-Muslims Too
Celebrating Muslims in Fiji invited non-Muslim neighbors to their homes to join festivities and parties. (Fiji Times photo)
Muslims are also keen to share `Eid with non-Muslims in the predominantly-Christian tiny archipelago nation.
"`Eid mean's kushi yali or a time to make happiness and share love…that we offer out to everyone regardless of their race," asserts Mohammed Saizad, 65.
In Bua, one of country’s fourteen provinces, celebrating Muslims invited non-Muslim neighbors to their homes to join the festivities and parties.
"It was good moment for me and my family to be celebrating `Eid with villagers of Nawailevu because we mostly reach out to our relatives and friends," says Saizad.
"We made new friends and had a happy `Eid with the villagers so it made it a meaningful one for my family."
For Jokapeci Nautora, who joined Saizad’s `Eid celebration, the experience was an eye-opener for those who knew nothing about their Muslim compatriots.
"Our village is far away in Bua and many of us didn't even know what `Eid was all about," Nautora, 28, said.
CAIRO — In the small pacific nation of Fiji, `Eid Al-Fitr, a major occasion in the Islamic calendar, is all about festivities and gatherings for Muslim families, and a time when the tiny minority reaches out to share `eid joy with non-Muslim compatriots.
"After the 30-day fast, we celebrate normal life again and enjoy it with family and friends," Hafiz Khan, president of the Fiji Muslim League, told the Fiji Times on Tuesday, September 22.
Fiji's nearly 60,000 Muslims, who make up nearly 6.5 percent of its population, celebrated `Eid, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Monday, September 21.
The day starts with a special prayer, usually organized in grand mosques and open areas.
"Only the males go to the mosque for prayers and devotion to mark the end of Ramadan," said Azad Ali.
After the prayers, festivities and merriment start and Muslims dedicate their time to the company of their immediate and extended family members.
"We visit our relatives and friends to wish them well," added Ali.
"We also visit the needy and we give what we can to them at the mosque."
`Eid Al-Fitr is one of the two main Islamic religious feasts, together with `Eid Al-Adha.
Non-Muslims Too
Celebrating Muslims in Fiji invited non-Muslim neighbors to their homes to join festivities and parties. (Fiji Times photo)
Muslims are also keen to share `Eid with non-Muslims in the predominantly-Christian tiny archipelago nation.
"`Eid mean's kushi yali or a time to make happiness and share love…that we offer out to everyone regardless of their race," asserts Mohammed Saizad, 65.
In Bua, one of country’s fourteen provinces, celebrating Muslims invited non-Muslim neighbors to their homes to join the festivities and parties.
"It was good moment for me and my family to be celebrating `Eid with villagers of Nawailevu because we mostly reach out to our relatives and friends," says Saizad.
"We made new friends and had a happy `Eid with the villagers so it made it a meaningful one for my family."
For Jokapeci Nautora, who joined Saizad’s `Eid celebration, the experience was an eye-opener for those who knew nothing about their Muslim compatriots.
"Our village is far away in Bua and many of us didn't even know what `Eid was all about," Nautora, 28, said.
Malawi's Solidarity `Eid
By Mallick Mnela, IOL Correspondent
BLANTYRE — The celebration of `Eid Al-Fitr in Malawi is all about social cohesion, with Muslims sharing `Eid’s joyous spirit with the poor and the needy through charity and Zakat Al-Fitr.
"Sharing is central to this celebration," Sheikh Ishmael Yahya, a Muslim leader from Dedza district in central Malawi, told IslamOnline.net.
"It is a time to give in charity to those in need."
Just like other Muslim communities around the world, Malawi Muslims start their celebrations with congregational `Eid prayers early in the morning before joining the community for the rest of the day.
In most predominantly Muslim regions, free-for-all food parties are being thrown during `eid days to help cash-strapped Muslims enjoy the festival.
“We realize that not all can afford to celebrate due to financial constraints, hence the need to make a collective party,” sheikh Yahya added.
He believes the tradition of collective `Eid celebration brings about social cohesion in the impoverished country where over 60 percent are the rural poor.
Sheikh Dinala Chabulika, of the Islamic Information Bureau, notes that the free-for-all `Eid parties have long been the tradition in Malawi.
"This is what our fathers used to do back then, celebrating `Eid as a society, not just family and friends."
`Eid Al-Fitr, one of the two main Islamic religious festivals together with `Eid Al-Adha, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The celebration started in Malawi, where Islam is the second largest faith after Christianity, on Sunday, September 20.
According to state figures, Muslims constitute 12 percent of the entire population, though Muslim organizations put the figure at nearly 40 percent.
Zakah Awareness
Many also expand their social outreach during `Eid through paying Zakat Al-Fitr.
"The richer prefer to distribute more Zakat al-Fitr so that a majority of the poor can partake in the celebrations without a sense of being sidelined," notes Imraan Abdallah, a resident of Blantyre, Malawi’s largest city.
Zakat Al-Fitr is a special charity of Ramadan that is incumbent on every free Muslim who possesses one Sa` (2.176 kilograms or 4.797 pounds) of dates or barley which is not needed as a basic food for himself or his family for the duration of one day and night.
Every free Muslim must pay Zakat Al-Fitr for himself, his wife, children, and servants.
Though it is preferable that zakah is given to the poor in the shape of wheat, rice and grains, some jurists also allow paying in cash to the poor and needy.
It should be given during Ramadan anytime before the `Eid-ul-Fitr prayer.
Muslim leaders affirm that there is an increased awareness of the necessity of paying Zakat Al-Fitr among the community.
In big urban cities like Blantyre, Dedza and Balaka, the practice is now emerging back to the fore after having been abandoned for a while.
Not only the rich, Muslims in rural low-income regions were equally keen this year to pay their Zakat Al-Fitr to ensure that the needy can have a holiday meal and participate in the celebration.
"Those people used to think they were not eligible to give zakat, a myth that we have managed to start breaking," stressed Sheikh Chabulika, of the Islamic Information Bureau.
"We are glad people now understand the need to share during this festival and beyond."
BLANTYRE — The celebration of `Eid Al-Fitr in Malawi is all about social cohesion, with Muslims sharing `Eid’s joyous spirit with the poor and the needy through charity and Zakat Al-Fitr.
"Sharing is central to this celebration," Sheikh Ishmael Yahya, a Muslim leader from Dedza district in central Malawi, told IslamOnline.net.
"It is a time to give in charity to those in need."
Just like other Muslim communities around the world, Malawi Muslims start their celebrations with congregational `Eid prayers early in the morning before joining the community for the rest of the day.
In most predominantly Muslim regions, free-for-all food parties are being thrown during `eid days to help cash-strapped Muslims enjoy the festival.
“We realize that not all can afford to celebrate due to financial constraints, hence the need to make a collective party,” sheikh Yahya added.
He believes the tradition of collective `Eid celebration brings about social cohesion in the impoverished country where over 60 percent are the rural poor.
Sheikh Dinala Chabulika, of the Islamic Information Bureau, notes that the free-for-all `Eid parties have long been the tradition in Malawi.
"This is what our fathers used to do back then, celebrating `Eid as a society, not just family and friends."
`Eid Al-Fitr, one of the two main Islamic religious festivals together with `Eid Al-Adha, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The celebration started in Malawi, where Islam is the second largest faith after Christianity, on Sunday, September 20.
According to state figures, Muslims constitute 12 percent of the entire population, though Muslim organizations put the figure at nearly 40 percent.
Zakah Awareness
Many also expand their social outreach during `Eid through paying Zakat Al-Fitr.
"The richer prefer to distribute more Zakat al-Fitr so that a majority of the poor can partake in the celebrations without a sense of being sidelined," notes Imraan Abdallah, a resident of Blantyre, Malawi’s largest city.
Zakat Al-Fitr is a special charity of Ramadan that is incumbent on every free Muslim who possesses one Sa` (2.176 kilograms or 4.797 pounds) of dates or barley which is not needed as a basic food for himself or his family for the duration of one day and night.
Every free Muslim must pay Zakat Al-Fitr for himself, his wife, children, and servants.
Though it is preferable that zakah is given to the poor in the shape of wheat, rice and grains, some jurists also allow paying in cash to the poor and needy.
It should be given during Ramadan anytime before the `Eid-ul-Fitr prayer.
Muslim leaders affirm that there is an increased awareness of the necessity of paying Zakat Al-Fitr among the community.
In big urban cities like Blantyre, Dedza and Balaka, the practice is now emerging back to the fore after having been abandoned for a while.
Not only the rich, Muslims in rural low-income regions were equally keen this year to pay their Zakat Al-Fitr to ensure that the needy can have a holiday meal and participate in the celebration.
"Those people used to think they were not eligible to give zakat, a myth that we have managed to start breaking," stressed Sheikh Chabulika, of the Islamic Information Bureau.
"We are glad people now understand the need to share during this festival and beyond."
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