Eid al-Fitr is a time to celebrate, to congratulate devout observers
By BARBARA KARKABICopyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
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In addition to the Reliant Center prayer gathering, smaller events will be held at mosques around the city.
Mehmood Daya, a Shia Ismaili Muslim, will attend Eid prayers at the Katy Ismaili Muslim Center, and stay for lunch and a carnival for the children.His extended family will get together for a holiday dinner.
Eid is special to the Ismaili community this year, said Daya, senior partner of New York Life, Sugar Land, because they also are celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the Aga Khan, the imam of an estimated 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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