Foreign Islamic teams slaughter 250 cows for Mindanao’s poor
11/29/2009 | 07:52 PM
In celebration of the feast Eid’l Adha (holy sacrifice), delegates of two international Islamic community lunched a three-day a feeding project by slaughtering 250 cows, and distributed the meat to poor communities mostly in Mindanao.
The Islamic community of Milli Gorus (or IGMG in German), a non-government organization from Germany, and the Amal Foundation of Malaysia, together with humanitarian relief organization, launched the project, which lasted Sunday.
Organizers said that “the activity is also done in solidarity with the victims of the Maguindanao massacre last Monday that left 57 people dead, mostly members of the media."
According to the organizers, the Qurbani (slaughtering of cows as a sacrifice), which usually highlights the celebration of Eid’l Adha, is done in honor of patriarch Abraham’s unwavering faith in God.
Cows’ meat from the ritual will be equally distributed among the poor.
For this year’s festivities, Islamic teams arrived in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to distribute cows' meat for the poor and needy families in the provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur; Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro City, Laguna province in the Luzon, which was hit by storm Ondoy Last September 26.
Agakhan “Binladen" Sharief, President of the Regional Association of Higher Education Institutions in ARMM and acting treasurer of the Philippine Muslim teacher’s College (PMTC) and Dr. Noralin M. Sharief –Ador, chairman of the Board of PMTC and Mindanao Institute of Healthcare professionals (MIHP) welcomed the delegations of the two Islamic groups, the region’s partner for the last three years since the launching of Qurbani project.
Volunteer Mustafa Taner from Holland, disclosed during a press conference over the weekend that IGMG chairman, Prof. Nemadden Erbakan, is sending his traditional greetings to the Muslim community on the occasion of Eid’l Adha.
Eres Poyraz, a volunteer from United Kingdom emphasized that “the cows’ meat offered to Allah during the Qurbani ritual, should be distributed to the needy, especially the victims of war, flood or any calamities. "
Of this year’s 250 slaughtered cows, 100 will go to Marawi City alone.
Delegate Abdurrahman Turker, a native of Melbourne, Australia disclosed that the ICMG is also offering their services in the area of education, Irshad (religious guidance), Organizational Development, Women and Youth Development in around 76 countries mostly in Europe."
“This is our second year In Marawi City," Turker said.
Selami Yuksel, from IHH Holland, said their project will include the possible financial assistance to the PMTC’s school building, laboratory facilities, books and scholarship program to poor but deserving students.
Yuksel added that the word Milli in IGMG (Islamic Community of Milli Gorus) traces back to the Qur’anic notion of Millet which often appears in association with prophet Abraham. "What is essential here are the values, ideals and tradition that constitute community," he said.
“The Eid’l Adha is one of Islam’s great feasts that commemorate the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to Allah. The observance of this religious event sends the message to our fellow Muslims to renew and strengthen their faith in Allah, just like what Abraham did," said Jamuliddin Elias of Amal Foundations of Malaysia.
Elias headed the team from Malaysia and brought the cows’ meat from Cotabato City. - LBG/ Ric Clet, GMANews.TV
The Islamic community of Milli Gorus (or IGMG in German), a non-government organization from Germany, and the Amal Foundation of Malaysia, together with humanitarian relief organization, launched the project, which lasted Sunday.
Organizers said that “the activity is also done in solidarity with the victims of the Maguindanao massacre last Monday that left 57 people dead, mostly members of the media."
According to the organizers, the Qurbani (slaughtering of cows as a sacrifice), which usually highlights the celebration of Eid’l Adha, is done in honor of patriarch Abraham’s unwavering faith in God.
Cows’ meat from the ritual will be equally distributed among the poor.
For this year’s festivities, Islamic teams arrived in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to distribute cows' meat for the poor and needy families in the provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur; Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro City, Laguna province in the Luzon, which was hit by storm Ondoy Last September 26.
Agakhan “Binladen" Sharief, President of the Regional Association of Higher Education Institutions in ARMM and acting treasurer of the Philippine Muslim teacher’s College (PMTC) and Dr. Noralin M. Sharief –Ador, chairman of the Board of PMTC and Mindanao Institute of Healthcare professionals (MIHP) welcomed the delegations of the two Islamic groups, the region’s partner for the last three years since the launching of Qurbani project.
Volunteer Mustafa Taner from Holland, disclosed during a press conference over the weekend that IGMG chairman, Prof. Nemadden Erbakan, is sending his traditional greetings to the Muslim community on the occasion of Eid’l Adha.
Eres Poyraz, a volunteer from United Kingdom emphasized that “the cows’ meat offered to Allah during the Qurbani ritual, should be distributed to the needy, especially the victims of war, flood or any calamities. "
Of this year’s 250 slaughtered cows, 100 will go to Marawi City alone.
Delegate Abdurrahman Turker, a native of Melbourne, Australia disclosed that the ICMG is also offering their services in the area of education, Irshad (religious guidance), Organizational Development, Women and Youth Development in around 76 countries mostly in Europe."
“This is our second year In Marawi City," Turker said.
Selami Yuksel, from IHH Holland, said their project will include the possible financial assistance to the PMTC’s school building, laboratory facilities, books and scholarship program to poor but deserving students.
Yuksel added that the word Milli in IGMG (Islamic Community of Milli Gorus) traces back to the Qur’anic notion of Millet which often appears in association with prophet Abraham. "What is essential here are the values, ideals and tradition that constitute community," he said.
“The Eid’l Adha is one of Islam’s great feasts that commemorate the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to Allah. The observance of this religious event sends the message to our fellow Muslims to renew and strengthen their faith in Allah, just like what Abraham did," said Jamuliddin Elias of Amal Foundations of Malaysia.
Elias headed the team from Malaysia and brought the cows’ meat from Cotabato City. - LBG/ Ric Clet, GMANews.TV
