Wishing all the Muslims a Happy Bayram!
Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (
Arabic:
عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr), often abbreviated to Eid, is a
Muslim holiday that marks the end of
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of
fasting.
Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while
Fiṭr means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of
Ramadan, on the first day of Shawwal.
Traditional
Bayram wishes from the
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, stating "Love and Be Loved", in the form of
mahya lights stretched across the
minarets of the
Blue Mosque in
Istanbul
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
The President released a statement today to mark the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid-ul-Fitr.
I could not find such a happy picture, so I will from somewhere else: p
