Isoc celebrate Eid festival

MEMBERS of the Islamic community joined with local figures to celebrate Eid on the 13th of November.

More than 1,000 attended as the event spread across the refectory and the cafe west rooms in Fulton House.

The ceremony was attended by Luke James, SU President, as well as the Lord Mayor, the University Registrar, and Geraint Davies, the MP for Swansea West.

Mr James and Mr Davies both addressed the gathering, praising their fundraising efforts, and bringing messages from the Welsh Government.

The group also helped to raise hundreds of pounds for various organisations, such as UNICEF, the Miners’ Relief fund, and the international human aid centre in Turkey.

This came from generous donations, as well as their own charge on car parking for the day. 

Mahaboob Basha, the international officer, applauded the fundraising ventures.

He said: “we had given away £500 to the miners’ relief already, so to raise another £650 was great.”

Eid celebrates the end of the Hajj pilgrimage with Muslims must take if they can, as well as the sacrifice that Father Abraham made of a ram in Moriah.

The event was addressed by the University Imam, Mohsen El-Beltagi