| GEO World | | Three million Muslims offer Eid prayers in Masjid-e-Haram | Updated at: 0620 PST, Wednesday, October 01, 2008
ISLAMABAD: More than three million Muslims offered their Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in Masjid-e-Haram and Masjid-e-Nabvi. According to a private TV channel. Shah Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince Shahzada Sultan, Governor Makkah, Shahzada Khalid Al Faisal, OIC Secretary General, Akmaluddin Ihsan Oglo besides members of the Royal family and other dignitaries also offered the prayers.
Saudi Shoora Council Chief, Sheikh Saleh bin Hameed in Haram Makki and Sheikh Ali Abdur Rahman Al Khazifi in Masjid-e-Nabvi on this occasion delivered ‘Khutba’ and prayed for the welfare and prosperity of the Muslim Ummah and for the liberation of Islamic lands under occupation of the non-Muslims across the world. |  |
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