Marchers mark birth of prophet (From Keighley News)

Marchers mark birth of prophet

11:19am Thursday 13th July 2006

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Celebrations have been held in Highfield to mark the birth and life of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

The events were organised by the Keighley branch of the Naqshbandi Aslami Association a Sufi Muslim order.

The occasion was also designed to celebrate the life of the order's Sheikh, Khwaja Sufi Mohammed Aslam.

The event began with a street procession which started in Cartmel Road, travelled through Highfield, and ended at the community centre in Drewry Road.

Organiser Shaminur Rahman said about 350-400 people took part and he was delighted with the high turnout.

At the Highfield Community Centre, the gathering was served food and listened to recitations from the Qur'an, Naat poetry, which praised the prophet Mohammed, and talks by religious scholars.

The main speaker was Maulana Irfan Shah, of the Westgate mosque, in Bradford.

The Naqshbandi order was first founded in 1380. It has thousands of followers all over the UK but its main centre in England is in Blackburn, Lancashire.

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