Catholics, Muslims to pray for peace

Catholics, Muslims to pray for peace

SINGAPORE: Wars may be raging elsewhere but Muslims and Roman
Catholics in Singapore are getting together for a big dinner on
Dec. 27 to jointly celebrate the Idul Fitri and Christmas
holidays.

Some 300 people from the two faiths will take part in a
function hosted jointly by the Islamic Fellowship Association and
the St. Anthony's Canossian Convent.

"It's a historical event because this is the first time that
the Muslim and Catholic communities are jointly celebrating Eid
al-Fitr (idul Fitri), which is the after-Ramadhan festivities,
and Christmas," Ameerali Abdeali, secretary general of the
Islamic Fellowship Association, said on Friday.

The celebration will kick off with readings from the Koran and
the Bible, followed by an exchange of gifts. The supreme Muslim
religious leader and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in
Singapore will sit down to dinner along with guests from nine
other faiths. -- Reuters