THE NMI Muslim Community celebrated Eid Al-Fitr at the Kilili beach pavilion in Susupe on Saturday, April 22.
Eid Al-Fitr is a religious holiday that marks the end of the dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Considered one of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Fitr is “a time of joy, gratitude and forgiveness.”
“Our Eid prayer started at 7 a.m. We prayed for the people of the CNMI and for all the people all around the world. We prayed for peace, and we asked God to guide us in the right path,” NMI Muslim Community spokesperson Khorshed Alam said.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner were served at the day-long celebration on Saturday.
“We also had fun activities for children, women and men,” Alam added.
He said dozens of people from different ethnic backgrounds —Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, Syrians, Moroccans, Chinese, Filipinos, Chamorros, Carolinians and other Micronesians — joined the celebration.
The next day, on Sunday morning, “we conducted a general cleanup activity in the Kilili beach pavilion area,” Alam said.
NMI Muslim Community members gather to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr at the Kilili beach pavilion in Susupe on Saturday, April 22.
