New York Region Celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr

NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jun, 2018 ) :Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in the New York region on Friday, with traditional zeal and enthusiasm.

Big congregations were held in mosques, hotels and open spaces. The main congregation was held at the spacious Islamic Centre in New York City where diplomats accredited to the United Nations also participated.

Special prayers were offered for the urgent need for Muslim unity and peace in the Islamic world as well as for inter-faith harmony.

In areas such as Brooklyn, a borough of New York City where Pakistanis are concentrated, prayers were also offered for the well-being and progress of Pakistan as their homeland confronts many challenges. Shops and restaurants in the area were tastefully decorated.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Mission to the UN -- in collaboration with the missions of Albania, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar and Turkmenistan -- is hosting an Eid reception at UN Headquarters in New York on June 22.