Yemenis celebrate Eid al-Ghadir

Local Editor

Several main squares in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other provinces flooded with mass rallies marking Eid Al-Ghadeer on Saturday.

On this day, Prophet Muhammad appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor as leader of the Islamic Ummah. It is celebrated by Muslims around the world.

Four marches took place in the capital Sanaa, in which thousands of people gathered in the western square of the Thawra Park, the Square in front of the old university gate, and the southern square of the 70th Park, while a mass rally for women held in the square of the People’s Mosque.

The capital’s mayor, Hammoud Obad, welcomed the crowds celebrating and participating in the events, Day of Wilayah, in which the Prophet Mohammed selected (the mandate of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib) as his successor.

The participants declared their allegiance to Allah, the Messenger, to Imam Ali and to the nation of Huda (peace be upon them), chanting the slogans of freedom rejecting hegemony of the devil forces the forces in the world, led by America and the Zionist entity.

They emphasized that they would follow the imam Ali’s approach and learning lessons from his jihadi biography, courage and heroism in the face of tyrants and oppressors.

Source: News Agencies