Bayram, prisoners praying

30/08/2011 13:45

At 6:30, some of the prisoners who are awaiting trial at Prison 313 in
Tirana left their cells for gathering in the minifootball field, where they
prayed for Fitr Bayram as in all other mosques.

This institution took all necessary measures for respecting the religion of 32 men and 12 women who are awaiting trial and who have fasted for one month, by also calling in a theologian, who kept the ritual of “nahmaz”.

Together with them was the former director of the Sportive Center “Qemal Stafa”, Gazmend Sollaku, who was fasting during the time he was arrested for corruption, after police placed a hidden camera and filmed him asking a citizen for money in exchange of continuing renting the Sportive Center’s premises.

Among them were other notorious people, such as Lulzim Berisha and Bujar Gashi, charged for drug traffic. All of them kneeled in front of God, together with some prison guards. The Bayram ritual of house visits was replaced by a handshake between each other.

The Prison 313 served the Fitr Bayram dinner to the prisoners, reporting that 512 prisoners in total have fastened in the prisons of the entire country, with the highest number in Peqin, with 130 fasting inmates.

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