Yemen holds special programs marking Isra and Meraj

By: Sultan Ahmed

SANAA, Yemen: Marking the auspicious occasion of Isra and Meraj on Rajab 27, many programs on government and non-government levels were held in different parts of Yemen.

Yemeni Ministry of Endowments and Guidance organized a ceremony in one of the main mosques in the capital, Sanaa, to celebrate the ascension to heavens of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&hp).

Various local scholars including Ali Moqbal, Hamoud Abbas, Ahmed Al-Akwaa, Mohammad Al-Isawi, Abdur-Rahim Al-Haek and Salih Al-Masebli spoke on the significance of Meraj and the lessons that are to be learnt from it.

The speakers focused on the fact that the Aqsa Mosque, from which the Prophet (pbuh&hp) ascended to the heavens, is presently under an atrocious Zionist occupation, a fact that angers Muslims wherever they are.

They also referred to the persecution and oppression, which the Palestinian people are going through in the hands of the Zionists, including the confiscation of their lands and the desecration of their holy sites.

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