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Government Grants Two Days For Ed-Ul-Fitr

Category: Africa Published on Saturday, 18 August 2012 13:11 Written by Waakhe Simon Wudu

Muslims at a Ramadan dinner organised by Western Bahr el Ghazal State Governor Rizik Zakaria Hassanlast week [Gurtong | File]According to the Ministry of Labor and Public Service, Christians are designated to have a one day public holiday and Muslims two days.

“The Ministry of Labor, Public Service, and Human Resource Development is hereby informing all the civil service institutions, Commissions, Diplomatic Missions, UN agencies, NGOs and the public at large that, 19 – 22 August will be a public holiday for marking Eid ul-Fitr,” said the release.

Christians are given one day and are to resume duty on 21 August 2012 while Muslims are to report on 23 August 2012.

Eid ul-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan in which people of the Islamic faith fast from dawn till sunset.

The holiday is only celebrated once the moon is spotted.

On Wednesday, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir hosted the Muslim community for his annual Presidential Ramadan breakfast in Juba. He cautioned the Muslim community to desist from mixing religion and politics.

The President called on Muslims to be pure faithful servants of Allah.

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