Pope urges ‘mutual respect’ with Islam...
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis called on Friday for “mutual respect” between Christianity and Islam and an end to “unfair criticism” in a personal message congratulating Muslims on the feast of Eid al-Fitr. “We are called to respect the religion of the other, its teachings, its symbols, its values,” he said in a statement distributed by the Vatican press office. “I have decided to sign this traditional message myself and to send it to you, dear friends, as an expression of esteem and friendship for all Muslims, especially those who are religious leaders. “We all know that mutual respect is fundamental in any human relationship, especially among people who profess religious belief,” he said. The statement was...
Muslims in America Celebrate End of Ramadan...
August 30, 2011 Jerome Socolovsky | Washington Muslims across America gathered in mosques to mark the Eid al Fitr holiday that closes their holy month of Ramadan. Muslims from around America’s capital poured into the Islamic Center of Washington in one of the most elegant parts of the city, known as Embassy Row. Egyptian law student Youssef Muhammad Auf hurried toward the men’s entrance with his mind on what he would ask of God this year. “Of course, pray [for] my country, the Islamic world, and all human beings – to be safe, peace, and have peaceful relations with every country, especially the United States and the Islamic World,” he said. Eid al-Fitr marks the breaking of the...
Muslims Around Globe Celebrate Eid al-Fitr...
August 30, 2011 Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Observers of Islam in Egypt, Syria and several other Arab countries started marking the holiday Tuesday by crowding into mosques for prayers. Muslims in several non-Arab countries, including Russia and Turkey, also began Eid celebrations Tuesday. Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites, started the celebrations in their country Monday. They said the new moon had been sighted and proclaimed that Ramadan ended Monday, with the Eid feast to begin the next day. Eid al-Fitr celebrates the purification achieved during Ramadan, a month of sunrise-to-sunset fasting, one of the five pillars...
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