Muslims March through Streets of UK’s Peterborough to Celebrate Holy Prophet’s Birthday

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A large number of Muslims marched through the streets of Peterborough, a city in Cambridgeshire, east of England, to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The march is an annual event, which takes place the Sunday after the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad each year in the city to celebrate the occasion.

The birthday of Holy Prophet (PBUH) is one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar and this year took place between October 7 and 8.

Around 2,000 people turned out for the annual Jaloos through the streets of the city from Faizan-e-Madina Mosque to Ghousia Masjid in Gladstone Street.

Food was served to everyone at the end of the march and religious scholars and speakers attended to speak of the Prophet (PBUH) and his teachings.

A reception, which was attended by senior figures such as Mayoress Shabina Qayyum and Deputy Mayor of Peterborough Nick Sandford, Abdul Choudhuri, Chairman of the Joint Mosques Council and of the Faizan d Madinah Mosque, Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire Jaspal Singh and Cambridgeshire Police Chief Constable Nick Dean, was held the previous day.

Source: peterboroughtoday.co.uk