SOLEMN EID' AL-FITR. Thousands of Islamic faithful prayed Wednesday morning (June 5) inside the compound of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in Cotabato City for the Eid’ al-Fitr celebration that marked the end of the month-long fasting period of Ramadan. Police and military authorities said the Eid’l Fitr across the region has been generally peaceful. (Photo courtesy of Myrna Jocelyn Henry – BARMM HEART)
Police and military authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said the congregational prayers across the region to mark Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday were peaceful and solemn.
Brig. Gen. Marni Marcos, BARMM police director, said that since Wednesday morning, no incident has disrupted the solemn observance of the end of Ramadan, the month-long fasting period of the Muslim faithful.
“So far, so good,” Marcos said about the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
Thousands of Muslims in the BARMM provinces joined the congregational prayer in open spaces, city and provincial capitol grounds, the BARMM provincial satellite compounds, and public-school grounds to perform the obligatory prayer rituals.
Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, lauded all stakeholders in his area of operation in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao, and parts of North Cotabato and Lanao del Sur “for the successful and peaceful Eid al-Fitr feast.”
One of the most important religious holidays for Islam, Eid al-Fitr signals the end of 29 or 30 days of the fasting season.
During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk as a religious obligation and focus on charitable works, the forgiveness of others’ wrongdoings, and prayers.
President Rodrigo Duterte earlier declared June 5 a regular holiday to allow the solemn celebration of Eid al-Fitr nationwide.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1071613
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