CEBU’S Muslim community exchanged greetings and celebrated the global celebration of \u201cEid Al Fitr\u201d, the end of Ramadan and the start of \u201cShawwal\u201d or the first day of the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n
Food was later served to Muslim children. Among those who fell in line was Junaidah Mayaman, a seven-year-old Grade One student in Mambaling School.<\/p>\n
Mayaman’s mother Sarah has a business in Cebu and her family are natives of Lanao del Sur.<\/p>\n
Another Lanao del Sur native, 44-year-old Jamel Bangon attended the gathering with his wife and five children in Mambaling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very happy that me and my family celebrated the end of Ramadan together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At the Al-Khariah Mosque in Mambaling, Cebu City, the Muslim faithful prayed, raised their hands and uttered \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d or \u201cGod is the greatest\u201d and listened to the Imam’s message.<\/p>\n
\u201cAside from celebrating the end of fasting, it is also our time to forgive, visit our friends, families, relatives, and to perform acts of charity,\u201d said Imam Aladdin S. Ubpon.<\/p>\n
Ubpon also asked the gathered Muslims to pray for the families of those involved in the Cotabato City bombing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI included them in my supplications that Allah will enlighten them to do good instead of doing sinful things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ubpon said his relative was at the bus stop in Cotabato City when he died in the explosion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe Muslims came to Cebu City to earn a living, operate private businesses and work in government agencies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Imam said he prays to Allah that what happened in Cotabato City won’t happen in Cebu City and that Christians and Muslims live in peace and unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf possible, it won’t happen anymore in all parts of the country and the rest of the world. We need to cooperate whatever our religion is in promoting world peace,\u201d Ubpon said.<\/p>\n
He also said leaders of Muslim communities in Cebu met with law enforcement agencies following the bombing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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