KALADAN NEWS
EID-UL-FITR
IN ARAKAN
Mahngdaw
After sighting the moon last
night, the Muslims population of
Most of the Rohingya
Muslims in Arakan have offered their Eid prayer in the mosques because the SPDC authorities
warned the Rohingya Muslims not to pray at the Eid-Gah (Open air
prayer ground) with large number of devotees and the SPDC also restricted to
deliver contemporary Khutbah or religious sermons in
Mosques. So, Rohingya Muslims celebrate the Eidul-Fitr in fear of lives and liberty, said a Rohingya political leader who is concerned with the
situation in Arakan and
In this connection the Rohingya Muslims of Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Sittwe are warned in advance by the SPDC authorities not to
move from one place to another at a time in large numbers and also not to stay
for long period in a place even today – the Eid day.
The SPDC is violating the religious rights of Rohingya
in various mean, he further said.
It may be mentioned here that this
restriction is not first time in Arakan but for many
years, especially after 1988 democracy uprising which is comparatively
increasing year by year. In the case of Buddhist festival, the Muslims Rohingyas were forced to donate and contribute and also encouraged
to take part in the celebration, while the other religious festivals of
non-Buddhists are prohibited and restricted in various way in their worship in
the country, he continued.
According to Muslim tradition,
the celebration of Eid-ul Fitr
at Eid Gah has more virtue
than at Mosques. So, all the Islamic believers (Muslims) try to pray their Eid prayer at specific places of Eid
Gah. But, there are more than 1.5 million Rohingya Muslims in Arakan are
deprived of their freedom of worship and religion, as they are accustomed by
Islam and follow the true Islamic philosophy of Quran
and Sunnah, while the others believe in Buddhism,
Hinduism, Christianity and animist. # #
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