Timfuchi Aaron
Muslims in Cameroon like elsewhere have today celebrated the first of their two most important canonical festivals of Islam, the Eid al-Fitr Otherwise known as the “fast-breaking”, which comes to mark the end of the holy Islamic Ramadan month of fasting.
As usual, the minister delegate at the Ministry of External Relations in charge of the Commonwealth, Mbayu Felix, a son of the soil and patron to the Ntambag community popularly known as ‘Old Town’ in Bamenda recently donated food items to enable the Muslim community to celebrate the feast.
The basic food items which comprised bags of rice amongst others were on Thursday, April 28th, shared with the Muslims of this community by the personal representative of Minister Mbayu Felix, Philo Happi, who passed across the minister’s message of appreciation to the Muslims for their efforts in securing a serene and peaceful atmosphere which reigns in the old town neighborhood, wishing them a happy feast in the process.
On their part, the representative from the palace of the Sakir of Old Town, Alhaji Baba Tanko explained that the gifts were timely as they will help the Muslim perform their last worship which involves charitable acts of donating food to the less privileged in the Islam culture as the Zarkat.
