ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – In its Iraqi
stronghold of Mosul, the Islamic
State (ISIS) group is banning
residents from performing prayers on
one of the most important Muslim
feasts, controversially claiming the
practice does not belong in the
religion.
Ismat Rajab, a Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) official for Mosul who
now lives in the Kurdistan region,
told Rudaw that the radical group has
warned residents to avoid prayers for
Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of
the fasting month of Ramadan in
about a week.
He said ISIS was claiming that the
Eid prayer is not “originally an
Islamic practice” and was not
performed in Prophet Mohammad’s
time.
Since the ISIS takeover of Mosul last
year, the jihadis have been imposing
new rules and regulations, backed by
strict punishments that include the
threat of death for offenders.
Eid al-Fitr, also called the Feast of
Breaking the Fast, is an important
religious holiday celebrated by
Muslims worldwide that marks the
end of Ramadan, the Islamic month
of fasting.
Although a religious practice, the
prayer preformed on the first day
after Ramadan also is a cultural
event.

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