Marawi IDPs to receive Qurbani meat from Islamic Relief Phil.
BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES • 19:08 PM Tue Aug 21, 2018
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
Cotabato City veterinarian Dr. Robert Malcontento checks on the newly slaughtered cattle in this file photo at the Cotabato City Halal Slaughterhouse.
COTABATO CITY – Islamic Relief Philippines, a faith-inspired international today
slaughtered about 43 cows at the Halal slaughterhouse here for distribution to
about more 1,800 Marawi crisis affected families living in tents in the city.
Maryann
Zamora, speaking for Islamic Relief Philippines, said the distribution will
Wednesday and Thursday is in celebration of Eid-ul Adha or the Feast of
Sacrifice of Muslim faithful.
The Islamic
Relief Philippines will distribute tomorrow3,870 kilos of Qurbani meat to most
vulnerable Marawi-crisis affected families living in tents and temporary houses
in Marawi City, Zamora said.
During
Eid-al-Adha, the second most revered annual Muslim holiday after Eid-ul Fitr,
livestock are slaughtered as a sacrifice. This ritual reflects Prophet
Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
She said to
ensure that local customs are adhered to, Islamic Relief Philippines follows a
robust process in implementing the highest standard from the selection of cows,
slaughtering, packing until the meat packs reached to the hands of the
beneficiaries.
Islamic Relief
Philippines ensures the freshness of the meat that the families will be
receiving.
We hope that
this initiative will bring hope and sense of contentment to the displaced families
and would remind everyone to renew our faith in Allah, just like what Prophet
Ibrahim did, Omar Rahaman, Islamic Relief Philippines head of mission said in
a statement.
Non-Muslim
Marawi-crisis affected families will also receive the meat packs, Rahaman
added.
Zamora quoted
Lorena, a non-Muslim and a mother of five whose family live in one of the tents
in Marawi as saying that during Ramadan, we received what our Muslim
neighbors received from Islamic Relief Philippines.
Lorena is one
of over 27,000 individuals who are yet to return to the 24 most affected
communities of the city following the 5-month long armed hostilities last year.
Her family
received halal-certified food packs from Islamic Relief Philippines during
Ramadan.
Last May,
during the holy month of Ramadan, over 15,000 vulnerable people in Marawi City
and Maguindanao province received Ramadan food packs from Islamic Relief
Philippines.