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A CELEBRATION OF the Muslim festival Eid Al Adha is to take place in Croke Park tomorrow with 200 guests, following uncertainty over attendance numbers after the government’s roadmap to reopen the country was slowed down earlier this month.
The event, which is taking place in Croke Park for the first time, was originally due to have 500 people in attendance.
However, the government’s decision to delay Phase Four of reopening, which would have kicked in on 20 July and allowed 500 people to gather outdoors, meant that only 200 people would be allowed to join together.
The organisers originally wrote to the government to ask for the event to be given special consideration on attendance numbers, which followed a successful request from Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin earlier in July to allow places of worship to hold a higher number of people indoors than other venues during Phase Three of reopening.
Following communication between the organisers and the Office of an Taoiseach, the event will proceed with 200 attendees.
Usually, the stadium can accommodate up to 82,300 people at full capacity.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, event organiser Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council said that “we understand and feel that it is really important to not have a gathering or do anything that will increase the number of cases. Although we will have social distance measures in place, we respect the decision of the government.”
He said that the event organisers observed the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the second half of July and do not want to take any action that could lead to further increases.
“A lot of people in our community have also said that they are disappointed but that they totally understand,” Dr Al-Qadri said.
RTÉ News Now is due to broadcast the event in Croke Park live tomorrow morning from 9.30 am to 11.30 am.
Dr Al-Qadri said that the broadcast on RTÉ News Now is something which has given “relief” to many members of the Muslim community, as it will allow them to watch the event from home.
The event will begin with a recitation from the Quran, followed by a speech from Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman.
Dr Al-Qadri, who is also the chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council, will then lead attendees in saying the Eid prayer from 10 am for around half an hour.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Michael Jackson, and Rabbi Zalman Lent will also be in attendance at the event.
Lastly, a young hurling player will speak to the crowd about his experiences as an Irish Muslim.
“The fact that we as Muslims are welcomed and are able to perform our Eid prayers in Croke Park sends a huge, important message out to the world of inclusivity and a message that Ireland is truly an Ireland for all,” Dr Al-Qadri said.
Eid Al Adha is an annual celebration for Muslims that takes place at the end of the Hajj pilgrimage. It is one of the most important annual events in the Muslim calendar alongside Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr.
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RTE 1 Good evening and here is the news. Only six or seven people were shot in Dublin this evening but sources say it has nothing to do with the main gangs that are shooting each other. As soon as the smoke clears we will bring you further updates!
You forgot the reassuring soundbite full of jargon from francis the sycophantic social worker..
Seems like more of a punishment shooting than anything else 3 in the arm one in the leg.
Or the other way round lol
punishment? you think he was a bold boy?
Either that or the shooter has a very bad aim . Maybe it was his first time …
they are blooding new talent these days
Assel
Do you know know what a punishment shooting means?
Dublin 2016 = lawless to the point where lawlessness has now become normalized.
Take a bow Frances, Acting Minister for Chaos and Lawlessness.
are you threatening me Nick?
LOL……
@Assel, If you are going to troll the Journal, at least learn to read and write at a reasonable standard of English. God Bless you, Father Stack
Brian…give poor francis a break…she knows that behind every assassin..every killer,every thug,gunman,hitman,psychopath,drug dealer…lies a vulnerable individual.
Well if it is a so-called punishment shooting, carried out in Clondalkin, then it would probably the CIRA. And that would mean that so-called dissidents were out on the streets shooting people, and given all the connotations of the Kinihan-Hutch feud, any such shooting should be regarded as related.
Leave my name out of this please
Ironically in Frances’ constituency. Everyone was all over it during the election. A baby almost killed in Finglas. Cowards gunning down an innocent man in town, mistaken identity… And last week no less than 2 shootings in the same night and now this.
The Juan Kerr’s in government should hang their heads in shame. They only gave a a fook about being re-elected
Where’s the armed Garda patrol and checkpoints now? I didn’t see a single checkpoint at all this bank holiday. Couldn’t do (say) enough a few weeks back
I didn’t vote for you Frances. Your a disgrace, letting the criminals shoot the place out of it
Ah poor francis…she totally wants to conduct an intervention with these vulnerable groups of armed men and young people…perhaps a family welfare conference or two…perhaps approach the “issue” from a strenghts based perspective with a view to a wrap around care package for the most vulnerable gang members and targetted support – bespoke of course – for the remainder.Gardai operating in the area will of course wear tracksuits…to do otherwise may offend the the vulnerable gang members sensetivities and possibly upset them.
You forgot about the Nike trainers , dead giveaway if the Gardai are not wearing them !
Ah Sis…easy knowing im not from a social work background…duffer and armani tracksuits i know about…didnt think of the de rigeur Nike’s…thankfully francis is “across this” and will have vouchers to hand…
Bro , you’re right I’m sure she’ll have every angle covered … she’s usually on top of things .
Shocking so two gangs killing each other and now random shootings time for a zero tolerance policy on organised crime and use of guns in crime more eru on streets open back up the stations and get more gaurds on the beat enough is enough
we need a story about Halawa hurry up …. forget this Irish stuff make us feel guilty.
Shooting in Dublin !!
As long as it isn’t in Dartry or Milltown where the Defence barristers and Judges live then there is no need to worry.
Worse it’s getting instead of better!
Thanks Yoda.
Whatever he did it almost cost him an arm and a leg.
Elmo must be back again
Francis is a male and Frances is a female for all the people who seem to get mixed up, only saying.
Hope he wasn’t a Leicester City fan
Chat shit get banged!
Shit shot, bang bang
Victim known by the authorities???
Think he was a spurs fan.
gang bang …..
here
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