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No Eid praying, but celebrate Qurbani (sacrifice) in Maungdaw

KPN News October 16, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: Rohingya community in Maungdaw had not able to celebrate the Muslim biggest festival of Eid-ul-Adaha mass praying, but able to sacrifice (Qurbani) today in Maungdaw, said Anwer, a community leader from Maungdaw. The village administration officer had collected from 2000-3500 kyat per sacrificed cow, in the name of U Kyi San, the admin officer of Maungdaw Township, Anwer said. The authority took all sale tax and other taxes while an animal- cow and goat-  was sale in the market, why again the village admin collected money  in the name of Maungdaw admin officer, it is totally unfair and it is also discrimination of religious, Anwer more added. We prayed our Eid praying in the houses with relatives and we sacrificed to cow as Qurbani, using to distribute the meat to the poor in Maungdaw. Most of Rohingya community who can able to sacrificed to cow as Qubani were giving their sacrificed meat to the poor who lost their