Cotabato City mayor lauds Muslims for solemn, peaceful Eid’l Fitr celebration
BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES • 09:00 AM Wed Jun 5, 2019
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Edwin O. Fernandez
Muslims join the congregational prayer in celebration of Eid’l Fitr inside the BARMM compound this morning, June 5, 2019. (Photos by Myrna Henry) At City Hall grounds photos were from FB page of Haron Felmin.
COTABATO CITY (June 5) – Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi today lauded all Muslim faithful for making the Eid’l Fitr celebration in the city and its environs solemn, peaceful and full of hope.
The city had been very quiet and solem as the More than 600,000 Muslims in the city end fasting month at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
No motorcade, known among Muslims as “Takbir” was conducted unlike in previous Eid’l Fitr celebration, no gun fire, not firecracker and everything was solemn as Muslims pray, give alms, share blessings, among others.
The sound of prayers reverberated from various Mosques around the city.
Earlier, Mayor Sayadi appealed to Cotabatenios to refrain from conductin “Takbir” accompanied by noisy motorcade where people are yelling to welcome Eid’l Fitr.
“Nowhere in the Quran that says noisy motorcade is allowed,” Sayadi said in a statement. She urged the Muslim faithful instead to be charitable and help the needy, share blessings and continue praying.
Eid’l Fitr is one of the solemn festival for Muslims that signal the end of month-long fasting.
On the first hour of Eid’l Fitr today, congregational prayers were held at the Cotabato City Peoples Palace, the compound of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Sultan Bolkiah Grand Mosque, and the compound of the 6th Infantry Division headquarters.