Concluding a month-long fasting, Muslim students at El Camino College, California, will host special `Eid prayer at Murdock Stadium on Friday.
The prayer, coordinated by Muslim Student Association Public Relations Coordinator Sabrina Rashiq will be on April 21 from 7-9 am, The Union reported.
Rashiq, a member of the MSA, expects about 3,500 people to attend this year.
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“This is an Eid prayer that we’re dedicating to the whole South Bay and El Camino students,” Rashiq said.
She also invited local mosques in the Los Angeles area to push forward the message of the community as Muslims come from different races and ethnicities.
“We use the celebration of the month of Ramadan ending as a reminder to all of these Muslims that we are one,” Rashiq said.
Continuing Legacy
Political science major Hameeda Uloomi looks forward to attending the Eid prayer the Muslim Student Association will be hosting.
“Since I’ve come to El Camino, I’ve met with such a large community of Muslims. It’s going to be one of my first Eid with people who are also Muslims that I want to be surrounded with,” Uloomi said. “El Camino has provided that opportunity for me.”
Organizing the special `Eid prayer, President of the Muslim Student Association Uzair Pasta hopes to continue his brother’s legacy who started the Eid prayer at El Camino in 2019.
“We’re going to have the sermon done by Sheikh Hamdy from the Islamic Center of Hawthorne,” Pasta said. “We’re going to have the actual prayer done by the Islamic Center of South Bay, Sheikh Anas.”
“I’m thankful and grateful that El Camino has given me not only the opportunity but the tools and resources to share my religion,” Pasta said.
The three-day `Eid Al-Fitr festival is one of the two main religious celebrations in Islam, together with `Eid Al-Adha.
After special prayers to mark the day, festivities and merriment start with visits to the homes of friends and relatives.