Gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives used a pub­lic Eid-ul-Fitr dawah event in San Fer­nan­do on Sat­ur­day to reaf­firm re­spect for the Is­lam­ic faith and pro­mote un­der­stand­ing with­in the wider na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty.

Speak­ing at the Caribbean Dawah As­so­ci­a­tion’s Eid-ul-Fitr out­reach at Gulf City Mall, San Fer­nan­do West MP and Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath said the Gov­ern­ment’s pres­ence re­flect­ed its re­spect for the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty.

He shared a brief sto­ry of grow­ing up next to a masjid and ob­serv­ing Is­lam­ic tra­di­tions in his neigh­bour­hood, not­ing that fast­ing car­ries ben­e­fits for both the body and the mind by en­cour­ag­ing dis­ci­pline and fo­cus on God.