Holy observation: Thousands take to mosques for aitikaf

HYDERABAD:

As the last ten days of Ramazan start, thousands of Muslims took to the mosques for aitikaf in the principal mosques of the Hyderabad district on Saturday evening.

Over ten thousand worshippers are observing aitikaf in the premises of nearly four hundred mosques of Hyderabad city, Latifabad, Qasimabad and the rural talukas of the district.

The Masajid Management Committee has made special arrangements such as reservation of space for the observers.

The principal mosques where aitkaf will be observed include Faizan-e-Madina, Masjid-e-Noor, Jamia Masjid, Masjid-e-Qaba, Masjid Azad Maidan, Hanafi Masjidr, Jamia Masjid, Mustafa Masjid, Aisha Masjid, Shahi Masjid, Jamia Masjid, Madina Masjid, Rehmania Masjid, Mubarak Masjid, Aik Minara Masjid, Aqsa Masjid, Jamia Masjid, Latifabad Unit-10, Masjid-e-Karam Mustafa, Latifabad Unit-4, Bilal Masjid, Kohsar, Madras Mazahir-ul-Uloom and Akbari Masjid, Latifabad Unit-8.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 22^nd, 2014.