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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
New Zealand Eid Day, a non-profit organisation organising hosting ‘Eid’ holiday events for the Muslim community is hosting an open iftar event on June, 4 at Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, Mt Roskill.
Muslims across the globe in the month of Ramadan fast from dawn to dusk. At sunset, the people open their fast with their family and friends called ‘iftar’.
NZ Eid Day in the last few years has hosted several Eid Day celebrations, both Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha and the iftar event is a new addition to its annual events calendar. The purpose of the open iftar is to get both Muslims and non-Muslims, and people from different ethnic backgrounds and communities to come together under one roof and participate in the iftar.
“Traditionally, this also seems to spark dialogue with the non-Muslim communities as there are often frequent questions and queries about the nature of fasting etc.,” Javed Dadabhai, Chairperson of the New Zealand Eid Day Trust told The Indian Weekender.
“Being a platform for the Muslim community within New Zealand, we at NZ Eid Day, believe that we have a responsibility to create positive interactions to help foster understanding and friendship between our communities. We see this Iftaar as a trial run for a much bigger effort in the years to come,” Javed added.
“We would love to see Muslims, and non-Muslims, of every ilk, sit next to each other, eat and enjoy each others company. Inshallah; this first Iftaar will be a display of the different cultures and backgrounds of the beautiful community we have in New Zealand,” Javed Dadabhai said.
NZ Eid Day organise a full day Eid event every year by reserving a big hall for the congregational Eid prayers and later a full day fun event for the families.
Every Eid event gets at least 8,000 to 10,000 people visit the venue, not just Muslims, but even people from non-Muslim communities and Members of Parliament and community leaders attend the event.
This year NZ Eid Day has reserved Eden Park to conduct the Eid prayers and has reserved food stalls and children’s play area. Eid will be held on Friday, June 15 or Saturday, June 16 depending on the sighting of the moon.
The Indian Weekender is a proud media partner for NZ Eid Day event and will bring live updates of the event on its print, web and social media platforms.
New Zealand Eid Day, a non-profit organisation organising hosting ‘Eid’ holiday events for the Muslim community is hosting an open iftar event on June, 4 at Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, Mt Roskill.
Muslims across the globe in the month of Ramadan fast from dawn to dusk. At sunset, the people open...
New Zealand Eid Day, a non-profit organisation organising hosting ‘Eid’ holiday events for the Muslim community is hosting an open iftar event on June, 4 at Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, Mt Roskill.
Muslims across the globe in the month of Ramadan fast from dawn to dusk. At sunset, the people open their fast with their family and friends called ‘iftar’.
NZ Eid Day in the last few years has hosted several Eid Day celebrations, both Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha and the iftar event is a new addition to its annual events calendar. The purpose of the open iftar is to get both Muslims and non-Muslims, and people from different ethnic backgrounds and communities to come together under one roof and participate in the iftar.
“Traditionally, this also seems to spark dialogue with the non-Muslim communities as there are often frequent questions and queries about the nature of fasting etc.,” Javed Dadabhai, Chairperson of the New Zealand Eid Day Trust told The Indian Weekender.
“Being a platform for the Muslim community within New Zealand, we at NZ Eid Day, believe that we have a responsibility to create positive interactions to help foster understanding and friendship between our communities. We see this Iftaar as a trial run for a much bigger effort in the years to come,” Javed added.
“We would love to see Muslims, and non-Muslims, of every ilk, sit next to each other, eat and enjoy each others company. Inshallah; this first Iftaar will be a display of the different cultures and backgrounds of the beautiful community we have in New Zealand,” Javed Dadabhai said.
NZ Eid Day organise a full day Eid event every year by reserving a big hall for the congregational Eid prayers and later a full day fun event for the families.
Every Eid event gets at least 8,000 to 10,000 people visit the venue, not just Muslims, but even people from non-Muslim communities and Members of Parliament and community leaders attend the event.
This year NZ Eid Day has reserved Eden Park to conduct the Eid prayers and has reserved food stalls and children’s play area. Eid will be held on Friday, June 15 or Saturday, June 16 depending on the sighting of the moon.
The Indian Weekender is a proud media partner for NZ Eid Day event and will bring live updates of the event on its print, web and social media platforms.
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