Eid al-Fitr celebration at Taipei Main Station canceled
05/09/2021 03:44 PM
The Eid al-Fitr celebration held outside Taipei Main Station in 2020. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 9 (CNA) A planned Eid al-Fitr celebration originally set to take place early Thursday near Taipei Main Station has been canceled to avoid large gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizers announced Sunday.
The celebration for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month on the Islamic calendar, was supposed to be held at 6 a.m. on May 13 at a plaza near the station, according to its organizer, the Global Workers Organization (GWO).
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Eid al-Fitr feast canceled
An Eid al-Fitr celebration scheduled to take place at 6am on Thursday near Taipei Railway Station has been canceled to avoid large gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the event organizers said yesterday. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month on the Islamic calendar, the Global Workers’ Organization said. However, due to the pandemic, the organization and local Indonesian Muslim groups have jointly decided to cancel the gathering, it said, calling on Taiwan’s Muslims to break their month-long fast at home. The cancelation is in response to three people testing positive for the virus after visiting the Taipei Grand Mosque on April 16 for a gathering, it added.