Report #20: Eid Prayer (Айт намаз) in Bishkek
On Tuesday, October 24, more then 50,000 people, including my father, my brother Nurbek, and myself, gathered at the old square in front of the Parliament building and the American University - Central Asia for the Eid prayer marking the end of Ramadan.
Muslims gathering together for a prayer
You could not see the end
15 years ago this would be unthinkable
Following the prayer, people shaking hands with the Mufti
The End: Going in Different Directions
2 comments:
THe picture of the Eid celebrants doing namaz under the Lenin statue is priceless! Freedom...
Political freedom and irony indeed. What school of Islam does the Mufti follow?
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