Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Under the auspices of President Bashar al-Assad, the Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) held on Sunday evening a big religious celebration marking Laylat al-Qadr at the Umayyad Grand Mosque.
President al-Assad was represented in the celebration by Minister of Religious Endowments Mohammad Abdulsattar al-Sayyed.
The celebration began after the Isha and Taraweeh prayers with recital of verses from the Holy Quran by Salim Abdo al-Akaad.
In a speech, religious and social scholar Kamil Nassr said that the Holy Quran urges people to learn and contemplate and denounces ignorance, affirming that the message of Islam is a message of salvation for humanity and that the Prophet Mohammad taught people the most noble of covenants and made them equal in rights and duties.
Nassr underlined the importance of Laylat al-Qadr, calling for dedicating it to prayer, worship and repentance.
He also lauded the firm patriotic stances of Syria under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad in defense of the Arab nation's just causes, underlining the challenges facing the Arab and Islamic nations.
Nassr concluded by praying that God help President al-Assad for the good of the homeland and the nation.
In a similar speech, Director of Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro Foundation Mohammad Sharif al-Sawwaf pointed out to the noble meanings of Laylat al-Qadr in which God blessed this nation with His words to enlighten all of humanity.
"We are witnessing this blessed day with our brothers in Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories experiencing each hour and day terrorism, suffocative siege, hunger, murder, demolition of homes, confiscation of lands and continued attempts at the Judaization of al-Quds under full sight of the whole world," he said.
He added that Syria has been the home of the free people and the fortress that defends the nation's dignity since eternity.
At the end of the ceremonies, Mufti of Damascus Bashir Eid al-Bari prayed to God to unify the nation and help President al-Assad for the good of the homeland and the nation.
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