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No Street Celebrations of Mawlid al-Nabi to be Held in Cairo, Giza

November 27, 2017
File Photo of Old Cairo

The Supreme Council for Sufi Orders has announced the cancellation of street celebrations marking Mawlid al-Nabi, an Islamic festival celebrating the birth of Prophet Muhammed, following the deadly attack on al-Rawda mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai. The celebrations will be restricted to the take place inside Al-Hussein mosque, according to the privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm. On Mawlid al-Nabi, a march takes the street of old Cairo beginning at Salah al-Jaafariy mosque and ending at al-Hussein mosque celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammed. This celebration marks the 12th day of the third month of the Islamic calendar, called Rabi’ al-Awwal. “Only the parade is canceled to mourn the martyrs of the terrorist attack,” said Council Spokesman Ahmed Kandil. An attack on al-Rawda mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai city of el-Arish killed 305 people and injured 109 others amid the sermon of the weekly Friday prayers. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced a three-day nationwide mourning following the attack….


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