Ghana Armed Forces to celebrate Eidul-Adha festival

The Al-Aziz Mosque at Burma Camp in Accra will on Saturday, October 4, 2014 play host to this year’s celebration of the Eidul-Adha festival by Muslims of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Families of soldiers, members of the Diplomatic Corps, government officials, parliamentarians and members of the general public, are expected to join in the celebration of the worldwide festival.

A statement by the Ghana Armed Forces, signed by Lieutenant Commander Andy La-Anyane, Deputy Director (Information and Press Relations) and issued Thursday, said the programme starts at 9am, while congregational prayer of thanksgiving are also to be held in all military units and garrisons for both military personnel and the general public.

“Muslims throughout the world will celebrate the Eidul-Adha Festival on Saturday 4 October 2014. The celebration of Eidul-Adha is in commemoration of the command given by Allah to Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his first son, Ishmael to Him. The fulfilment of this noble command of Allah by Abraham signifies the faith Abraham had in Allah. This display of faith eventually made Abraham the only friend of Allah in history.

“Eidul-Adha is therefore a unique occasion in every way. Besides its highly spiritual and moral characteristics, it has matchless qualities.

“Each Eid festival is a wholesome celebration of a remarkable achievement of the individual Muslim in the service of Allah. Unlike the Eidul-Fitr, which comes after one month of absolute fasting in the month of Ramadan, Eidul-Adha marks the completion of the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca (Hajj), a course in which Muslims handsomely demonstrate their renouncement of mundane concerns to the eternal voice of Allah,” the statement said.