Thousands of people participate in prophet's birthday parade
NU Online · Ahad, 5 Februari 2012 | 09:29 WIB
Singkawang, NU Online
A great number of people reaching tens of thousands participated in a parade to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday here on Sunday morning.
The estimated three-kilometer long parade started the activity from Singkawang grand mosque in the Merdeka road and passed through several major roads in the city which is known as the "thousand-pagoda" city.
Antara reported, the parade was conducted by the Islamic-holiday committee in cooperation with the local government.
The Prophet Muhammad SAW (Peace be Upon Him) was born in the year 610 A.D. in Mecca in a noble Quraish family and known to his compatriots as Al Ameen (the Truthful).
In the meantime, thousands of Muslims in Pontianak, capital of West Kalimantan province also carried out a parade in commemorating the Prophet Muhammad`s birth day on Sunday.
The city's Muslim Defenders front chairman, Ishak Almuntahar said that the parade was participated in by around 40 Islamic organizations including the Islamic Boarding Schools.
Meanwhile, Pontianak`s mayor Sutarmidji when seeing off the parade among others asked the participants to follow such activity orderly. (dar)
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