To our Muslim friends here and abroad, our warmest greetings on this their blessed day of Eid al-Fitr: Eid mubarak!
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| Going home for the Hari Raya! |
We hope our friends in Jakarta and Malaysia were able to board the trains, or to book a flight, or to navigate their cars through the crowded highways, and reach their home towns and villages in time to enjoy the Hari Raya Puasa (the Bahasa term for the Eid) with their families!
Yesterday, the New York Times broke the news that the Florida Christian minister has canceled his plan to burn Korans on 9/11, and would meet with the imam who proposed to build a mosque near ground zero. Great thanks to the Divine Providence, the Almighty God that the minister saw His Light!
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| Christian leaders oppose the Florida minister's plan. |
That it came on the eve of the Eid was a magnificent message of peace, love and reconciliation to brother Muslims all over the world who will celebrate today the end of their 30-day fasting with a festive sharing of meals with their friends and families, and of blessings with the poor in their communities.
To Christians like us, this is very much like our celebration of Christmas.
Eid mubarak! Peace be with us all, and may we never get to see front pages like these below ever again!
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