Mid-Sha'ban night celebrated in Syria

The Syrian al-Awqaf (Islamic Trust) Ministry on Sunday evening held a religious celebration to mark mid-Sha'ban night.

Speakers in the occasion talked about the sublime religious meanings of Mid-Sha'ban (Hijra month in the Islamic calendar) night in which an important event in the history of Islam had taken place.

This event changed the prayers Keblah (direction) from al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, uniting all Moslems in their direction towards Mecca aiming at making the Moslems meet on right and truth.