Majlis sambutan Maulidur Rasul diperingati di seluruh negara hari ini dengan acara Peringkat Kebangsaan berlangsung di Dataran Merdeka di sini.Sambutan kali ini yang bertemakan Wahdah Pemangkin Khaira Ummah dirasmikan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
Turut hadir ialah Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Sambutan bermula dengan perarakan sambil berselawat ke atas junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW yang terdiri daripada kontinjen jabatan kerajaan, swasta, pertubuhan bukan kerajaan, sekolah, institusi pengajian tinggi awam dan institut latihan dan wakil masjid membabitkan kira-kira 100,000 peserta.
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Various groups giving their performances
Various groups giving their performances
Local actors present a play in which Rasulullah's story was narrated at the national level Maulidur Rasul celebration.
From left: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak reciting prayers.
The contingent from Pos Malaysia at the celebration
TUDM helicopters flying the Maulidur Rasul flag at Dataran Merdeka.
Special child Muhammad Haziq Samrat, who is paralysed from the waist downwards, received the Maulidur Rasul Award from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan. He received RM22,000 in cash and a plaque. Looking on is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan posing with all the Maulidur Rasul Awards recipients, from left: Muhammad Ahmad Zahid, Mohd Yunus Pathi Mohd, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Prof Dr Sidek Baba, Datuk Dr Maamor Osman, Hj Mortadha Lau Abdullah. At the front is special child Muhammad Haziq Samrat.
Participants from various organisations and institutions at the Maulidur Rasul celebration.
Participants from various organisations and institutions at the Maulidur Rasul celebration.
Various groups giving their performances.