More than 3,000 non-Muslim expatriates watched a special video program on Islam, arranged as part of the Ramadan camp in the Eastern Province, during the first week of the holy month. A special “cinema center” at the camp draws a large number of foreigners who avail themselves of the opportunity to know more about Islam and its basic tenets and rituals, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported yesterday.
The facility was designed in the form of a cinema theater with a huge screen and about 50 chairs. A preacher who is well known among all nationals in the region is the supervisor of the facility. Showing documentary films and videos that focus on various aspects of Islam and its rituals is the major highlight of this year’s Ramadan camp.
Saleh Al-Yusuf, chairman of the Dawa center in Alkhobar, said that the center’s new experiment of inviting non-Muslim expatriates to iftar and then introducing Islam to them by using advanced means of technology had proved a resounding success. “We are keen to demonstrate the true spirit of Islamic brotherhood to the invitees to attract them to the divine religion. The center arranged a number of separate Dawa programs for expatriates of various nationals,” he said, adding that about 45,000 expatriates from nine countries had benefited from the Dawa center’s iftar program during this Ramadan.
The Ramadan camp has so far distributed 34,000 means of Dawa, including books, copies of the Holy Qur’an and its translations, booklets, bags, and CDs among expatriates. Renowned Islamic propagators from various countries have visited the camp and delivered 147 classes, he said.
