Ashura tradition underway this year in Xanthi Mufti Office

The tradition of "Aşure", which was started by the late Mufti of Xanthi, Ahmet Mete, on the occasion of Muharram month, was held this year at the Mescid-i Atik Mosque adjacent to the Mufti office of Xanthi.

The late Mufti Ahmet Mete was also commemorated with the Qur'an and prayers, before the Friday pray.

In addition to Xanthi Deputy Mufti Ahmet Hraloğlu and Xanthi Mufti Branch officials, in the Ashura event; Representing the Turkish Consul General of Komotini Murat Ömeroğlu, Deputy Consul Barış Çulha, Xanthi Deputies Hüseyin Zeybek and Burhan Baran, Mayor of Miki (Mustafçova) Rıdvan Delihüseyin, Deputy Mayors of Xanthi Suha Bekiroğlu and Levent Karaosman, President of BTAYTD Hüseyin Baltacı, President of Xanthi Turkish Union Ozan Ahmetoğlu, Chairman of the main opposition and former Mayor Cemil Kabza, former Mayors Mücahit Dükkancı and opposition list heads Ahmet Kurt and Önder Meçoğlu, former headman of Ilıcar Hasan Nazir and Bulustra Municipality Councilor Birol İncemehmet participated.

Ashura was served after the Friday prayer. Ashura distribution was carried out by the late Mufti Ahmet Mete's son Mehmet Mete and the staff of the Xanthi Mufti office.

ASHURA: Muharram, the first month in the Islamic lunar calendar. It is recommended to fast on the day of Ashura (10th of Muharram) based on narrations attributed to Muhammad. The fast is celebrated in order to commemorate the day when Moses and his followers were saved from Pharaoh by God by creating a path in the Red Sea (The Exodus). Ashura also marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and members of his immediate family in the Battle of Karbala.