-- On the occasion of Unity Week, the city of Sanandaj, capital of Kurdistan Province, will host a festival entitled “Birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Herald of Unity”.
Slated for February 27, the festival will be held with the presence of 400 teachers and students of teachers training centers of the country’s western region.
Head of Sanandaj Teachers Training Center, which will host the event, told IQNA that the program aims to highlight the importance of solidarity and unity among Muslims.
He said that Muslims can easily defuse the enemies’ plots and conspiracies if they strengthen unity and solidarity.
Teachers and students from provinces of Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Hamedan, Zanjan and Kermanshah will attend the event.
The Unity Week was the novel idea of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. His farsightedness helped bridge the gap of five days between the two dates believed to be the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). According to Islamic narrations of the Sunni Muslims, the 12th of Rabi al-Awwal (on the lunar calendar) is recognized as the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) while according to Shia Muslims the auspicious birthday of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was on 17th of Rabi-al-Awwal. This year the two dates fall on February 27 and March 4.
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