News on Top WASHINGTON/NEW
YORK, Aug 8 (APP): American Muslims celebrated Eid ul Fitr on Thursday
as they offered prayers and exchanged greetings to mark culmination of
the holy month of Ramadan. The Pakistani-Americans living in
Washington metro area and New York tri-state areas, as well as in the
West coast and several other states, joined the fellow Muslims in
celebrating the religious festive occasion. In their sermons, the
Imams and Khateeb prayed for peace in conflict-torn Islamic countries
and urged the need to foster values of brotherhood, love and peaceful
coexistence. They also hoped that other communities would try to
understand Islam in its proper perspective and not rely on sweeping
portrayals in movies and parts of media and meet half-way efforts of
Islamic world towards inter-faith harmony and peaceful coexistence.
The
United States is home to around six million Muslims, who have emigrated
from all regions of the globe. In recent decades, mosques and Islamic
Centers have been built in several major urban centers.
Pakistani-American
population is estimated to be around one million spread over major
states on both East and West coasts of the United Stat es.
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