"We've spent the morning in sermon and asked people to do good things for themselves and the community. That's what it's all about - sacrifice."
Source/Credit: The Standard
By Stacy Thomas | August 22, 2012
THE Muslim community of the Mt Druitt-St Marys region celebrated the end of Ramadhan.
More than 1000 people attend the Festival of Breaking Fast or Eid al-Fitr on Monday at Ahmadiyya Muslim Association's Marsden Park mosque. National president Mahmood Ahmad explained Ramadhan was 30 days of fasting.
"We've spent the morning in sermon and asked people to do good things for themselves and the community," he said. "That's what it's all about - sacrifice."
People travelled from as far as Campbelltown, Camden, Gosford and Roseville for the day.
Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Koran was revealed.
One woman told The Standard that she rises before the sun for a pre-fast meal (suhoor) and then eats after sunset (iftar).
"But the elderly, ill and children do not need to fast," she said.
"Teenagers are encouraged to participate in some way though. It's not as hard to fast as what it sounds."
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