YEMEN Press Agency

Yemen prepares for mass celebrations of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

SANAA, Oct. 07 (YPA) – The Yemeni capital Sanaa and 14 other provinces have been witnessing official preparations for the celebration of the anniversary of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), which is annually commemorated on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi al-Awwal, which this year coincides with the Gregorian date of  8 October.

A total of 21 town squares are set to host the unprecedented celebration that will take place on Saturday.

The organizing committees have completed preparations of dozens of major squares in the capital Sanaa and 14 governorates to receive millions of people who will come to take part in celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

On Thursday, The organizing committee of events called on the Yemeni people to a large gatherings and get out on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the religious anniversary of the Prophet’s birthday.

Earlier, the Leader of the Yemeni revolution, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, stressed the importance of celebrating the Prophet’s birthday for changing the reality of the nation and reviving its values.

In his speech that he delivered on the occasion of the inauguration events of the Prophet’s birthday for the year 1444 AH, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stressed that the mass presence in this great religious occasion would send a message of warning to the enemies of the prophet that this nation boosts its connection with the Great Prophet.

E.M