{"id":330365,"date":"2017-06-21T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=330365"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:52:22","slug":"interior-ministry-declares-june-26-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/interior-ministry-declares-june-26-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Ministry declares June 26 public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has announced Monday, June 26, 2017, as a statutory public holiday.<\/p>\n
He said in a statement that\u00a0the public holiday, which is Eid Ul-Fitr,\u00a0must be observed throughout the country.<\/p>\n
The Eid-Ul-Fitr is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.<\/p>\n
Muslims in the country started the 30-day fast on Saturday, May 27, 2017.<\/p>\n
Ramadan is a compulsory tenet of the Islam religion, and followers are encouraged to observe it except for those who have special medical conditions that may prevent them.<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has announced Monday, June 26, 2017, as a statutory public holiday. He said in a statement that\u00a0the public holiday, which is Eid Ul-Fitr,\u00a0must be observed throughout the country. The Eid-Ul-Fitr is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[8466,3],"yoast_head":"\n