For muslims, Ramadan ended yesterday - which means the end of fasting from sunrise to sunset. So, fittingly, as per tradition, there's a feast at the end of it called Eid Mubarak which means "blessed feast."
Today we paid a visit at the masjid to learn more about the highlights of this celebration, but most importantly why it is celebrated:
Kaleem Elamin, Imam, Muslim Community
"Today we call it in the Muslim world Eid and Eid means a recurring happiness something that comes over and over and of course in English people call it like a celebration. And Muslims are following something that is in the Quran where we say that almighty god told us in the Quran that he had prescribed for us to fast as he had prescribed for people before Muslims. This means that Muslims believe that all the prophets that god sent, he used to tell Moses and Joshua and Daniel and Soleman and all these people that they should fast so that we are not the first people fasting and Muslims fast in the 9th month of the Muslim calendar and the name of that month is called Ramadan. And in the Quran it says that in the month of Ramadan god had revealed to the prophet Muhammad the holy Quran. And so Muslims we fast for 30 days before the sun rise we have a small meal and when the sun sets we eat again. And during the day we stay away from food water and women. But the significance of the fast is not only to stay away from food it is to stay away from bad speech bad behavior cursing, which should be done at all times but in particular Muslims are told that if you fast and you don't eat and don't drink and you still have bad personality and a bad behavior then God does not accept the fast because not just to stay away from foods and drinks and to still not be conscientious or a good person. So the fasting is to develop a good character and a good personality in Muslims and at the end of the fast because we were told that today is a day of happiness. We will eat and drink and be merry not because tomorrow we will die but we will hope that we will see another year. So we eat and drink and be merry today so today Muslims are told they cannot fast. A Muslim can fast at any time but on this day we are told no one should fast."
