ACIC/SADR to observe countrywide Eid programmes
World renowned Sunni scholar Hazrat Shaykh Ahmad Dabbaagh
World renowned Sunni scholar Hazrat Shaykh Ahmad Dabbaagh

By Rabindra Rooplall

UNDER the theme “Celebrating Mercy – The Universal Messenger to all creation – Prophet Muhammad” the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and The Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman will be associated with a series of programmes countrywide to mark the Birth Anniversary of the Beloved Prophet of Islam, Muhammad.

The programmes will commence during the Islamic month Rabi-ul-Awal (the month in which the Prophet was born), are expected to commence on December 13, 2015, and will climax in April 2016.

Eid Milad un Nabi, or Youman Nabi, has been observed by these organisations for decades, and is observed in nearly all countries where Muslims are present. Set to open the four-month-long series of programme, is the visit of Hazrat Shaykh Ahmad Dabbaagh, a world renowned Sunni Scholar who has done wonderful work for the Ahlus Sunnatwal Jamaat against the doctrines of the Salafis and Wahabbis.

According to ACIC President, Hakeem Khan, his visit to Guyana, a first for him and his team, has been made possible through the courtesy of the Anjuman Sunnatul Jamaat Association of Trinidad & Tobago Inc. (ASJA), the twin-island’s largest Muslim organization and several of its leaders will accompany the delegation to Guyana.

The main programme featuring Shaykh Dabbagh will be held at Guyana’s most famous Islamic institution — ACIC — on Sunday, December 13, 2015 from 13.00hrs or 1.00pm. Several other programmes are slated to be held throughout Guyana for Shaykh Dabbagh and his team.

Khan said the twelve-night programmes will commence on Thursday, December 10, 2014 at 18.00hrs (or 6.00pm) with the “Welcome to Rabi-ul-Awal Program” at the ACIC. Thereafter, each night until December 23, 2015, there will be programmes at the ACIC. At these programs the life of the Prophet of Islam will be discussed, as well as the importance of showing love and gratitude for this greatest of all human beings.

Imam of ACIC, Imam Abdool Fazeel, and Shaikh Masud of Suriname will make nightly presentations. Special videos will be shown on “big screen” featuring His Eminence, Shaikh/ Professor Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, one of the world’s foremost Muslim scholars and founder of Minhaj University, as well as other scholars of Islam.

Guyana, through ACIC, will again join Muslims around the world in an event themed “International Mawlid in the city Event”. The original inspiration for holding the “Mawlid in the City” event was drawn from the hugely successful event held three years ago outside Google’s London headquarters.
The ACIC President explained that the portrayal of Muslims by the media as an angry, violent and blood-thirsty community must stop.

This year, “rose-themed” events are organised in over 70 cities throughout the world. It’s a very simple concept – offer a rose as a peaceful gesture to people, and at the same time convey the true message of Islam.

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