Milad 2007 – Eid Milad-Un-Nabi: On Saturday 14th April 2007 I used to be invited to the Eid Milad-Un-Nabi Procession and Neighborhood Day in Tooting within the south of London.
Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, often known as Mawlid, is noticed on the twelfth day of the third month of the Islamic calendar, Rabi’ al-Awwal. It commemorates the start of the Prophet Muhammad. The title means “the primary Spring” and it’s a financial institution vacation in elements of India and there are processions in Lahore and elsewhere in Pakistan the place it’s a nationwide vacation as in nearly all Islamic nations. The day is well known by each Sunni and Shia Muslims. Some native Muslim Saints even have Mawlid celebrations on their start dates in some Muslim nations.
In 2025, Mawlid is the Islamic Day from sundown to sundown on Thu, 4 Sept 2025 – Fri, 5 Sept 2025. Right here is the put up I made in 2007 on My London Diary with regular capitalisation and minor corrections.
April appears to be a really non secular month for me. On Saturday fifteenth I went to the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday organised by the Sunni Muslim Affiliation in Tooting which included a Juloos or procession from Tooting Bec Widespread via Tooting to the Leisure Centre in Garratt Lane.
Eid Milad-un-Nabi, or just Milad, is an all-day neighborhood occasion and one which doesn’t tolerate “political banners or activists“. It was one of many friendliest occasions I’ve photographed, and in addition to a number of hundred Muslims, their have been additionally honoured visitors together with the Mayor of Wandsworth, varied representatives of the police, of the fireplace service, a chaplain, somebody from the native council of church buildings, the native conservative candidate and others.
It was a sizzling day, and strolling within the solar made it really feel hotter. I used to be glad to reach on the leisure centre and take off my sneakers, and calm down on the mat within the corridor. It was just a bit darkish for taking photos (and I used to be nonetheless having to make use of an previous flash unit whereas I anticipate the brand new one to be returned from servicing) and each the whirling dervishes and the Islamic Martial Arts show offered a problem, though the audio system weren’t too tough.
The speeches, in English, confused the peaceable features of Islam (and declared suicide bombing and violent demonstrations over the cartoons of the prophet as un-Islamic.) Maybe the longest speech was by Lord Sheikh, a Conservative life peer since 2006, chairman of the Conservative Muslim Discussion board and in addition chairman of the Conservative Ethnic Range Council, who has had a particularly profitable profession in insurance coverage since coming right here from Uganda.
I left shortly after, and determined to not wait to pay homage to the Holy Relic Of The Prophet (peace be upon him) as I wasn’t positive if I used to be in an acceptable state of purity and cleanliness. In all probability not. Nevertheless it had been a really constructive and pleasant day.
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