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30.
Every year, sermons could be delivered from the Myanmar
Broadcasting Service on three auspicious occasions for the people of the
Islamic faith - Eid al-Adha, Eid ul-Azh (Bakra Eid) and the Birthday of
the Prophet. In order to deliver sermons on these occasions, the
Ministry for Religious Affairs made arrangements to edit the sermons and
to coordinate between the Central Association of Printers and Publishers’
Registration and the Myanmar Broadcasting Service.
31.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has recommended to the Central
Association of Printers and Publishers’ Registration for publishing the
following scripts after editing them:
Year
No. of religious
scripts
No. of scripts for
monthly journals
1991
58
4
1992
96
5
1993
42
5
32.
The Ministry has also made recommendations for various Islamic
organizations so that they could publish calendars for Islamic devotees
every year.
33.
The Minister for Religious Affairs himself attended the ceremony
to lay the foundation stone for the Home for Aged Muslim Women at
No. (1) Thukha Street, Thingangyun township, Yangon Division.
34.
In order for the Islamic religious leaders to promote and
propagate their faith, the following two persons have been allowed to
travel in Myanmar free of charge to carry out their religious duties:
Gazi Mohamed Hashin, Chairman, Islamic Affairs Council Headquarters; and
Chief Moulvi Mamod Dawot Yusuf, Chairman, Organization for Ulema Islamic
Scholars.
35.
The Department of Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Religious
Affairs usually make consultations with the following five Islamic
organizations for the purposes of Islamic affairs:
(a)
The Headquarters for the Islamic Affairs Council;
(b)
The Organization for Ulema Islamic Scholars;
(c)
All Myanmar Moulvis Headquarters;
(d)
The Organization of Myanmar Muslim Youth (a religious
organization);
(e)
Myanmar Muslim National Headquarters.