Syria President Assad Performs Eid Al-Fitr Prayers in Hama

Rasa - President Bashar al-Assad performed on Sunday the prayers of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at al-Nouri Mosque in Hama.

News ID: 430580

Date: 25 June 2017 - 21:18

RNA - Senior state and al-Baath Arab Socialist Party officials, Minister of Awqaf or Religious Endowments, a number of the People’s Assembly members, Syria’s Grand Mufti, a number of Islamic scholars and a crowd of citizens also performed the prayers along with President Assad, SANA reported.

Following the prayers, President al-Assad listened to the Eid sermon delivered by Sheikh Nahjem Eddin al-Ali, who led the prayers, with Sheikh al-Ali stressing the sublime meanings of Eid al-Fitr.

He said that Syria and its people, through the faith energy, triumphed over the crisis, the unjust war and the evil sedition.

One of the most important goals of the war against Syria was to tear down the social structures and ties by striking the confidence of the Syrian in himself and in his social environment, but the crisis instead strengthened the ties among the Syrians ,” Sheikh al-Ali said.

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