Eagle eye: Popalzai says Eid today

PESHAWAR:

As the tradition goes, Masjid Qasim Ali Khan’s Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai announced Eidul Azha will be celebrated on Thursday (today). “Eid is on Thursday legally,” he said. Popalzai added, “The official committee has not accepted our testimonies hence there will be two Eids.” On the other hand, prominent clerics Mufti Matiur Rehman, Maulana Hafiz Dr Muhammad Idrees, Maulana Sadiqur Rehman, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Maulana Muhammad Amin and Mufti Ghafoorur Rehman issued a joint statement after a meeting. “Edicts from Darul Uloom Deoband, Darul Uloom Haqqania and Darul Uloom Akora Khattak say the government alone is responsible for deciding upon the Eid day.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 24^th, 2015.