The UK based organisation, The Sacred Archery Society is hosting a different accident in April 2006 to kick-start a all-around action to re-introduce Muslims to their affluent history of archery.
Glastonbury, UK, -- “Learn the casting of arrows and do no be afraid to it, for the across amid the two targets holds a garden of the area of paradise.” The Prophet Muhammad
The Sacred Archery Society, a UK based organisation accustomed in 2005 with the ambition to promote, bottle and convenance the Islamic methods and attempt of Islamic archery, is hosting a groundbreaking archery accident in April 2006.
It is not accepted ability aural Muslim and non-Muslim circles that the convenance of archery was awful encouraged by the Prophet of Islam. For hundreds of years fathers had mentored sons in this art, acknowledgment the words of their Prophet who asked his followers to “Teach your sons the cutting of arrows.” Sadly aural the endure 100 years the Islamic traditions of archery accept boring disappeared.
The association has been alive harder on architecture acquaintance and reigniting this attitude both aural the Muslim and non-Muslim association over the accomplished year. In 2005 it commissioned the adaptation of a basic Ottoman book accounting by Katib Abdullah, the Sheikh of the Archers Field – the ‘Ok Meydani’ in Istanbul. The book, called “Sacred Archery – the Forty Prophetic Traditions”, is now on accepted auction (please see http://www.sacred-archery.com/shop.htm). Again in 2005 a day accident in Croydon, Surrey was captivated which admiring over 200 humans from above the UK. As a aftereffect it now has two clubs accustomed in Glastonbury and Croydon.
Building on their success and in acknowledgment to demand, the Society is now captivation a weekend accident in Glastonbury, Somerset that will become the aboriginal avant-garde day accident committed to Islamic archery. Expecting participants from as far as the USA and Europe, the accident will action participants with a absolute acumen into the fundamentals of Islamic archery.
Included in the weekend will be camping, presentations of the history of archery in Islam, convenance of archery (both ambition and flight archery), the adventitious to acquaintance absolute Turkish bows, arrow-making, a presentation of horseback archery and a antagonism on the final day.
“We see this as the aboriginal of abounding agnate contest that will crop abode above the world. Our aim is to realise the words of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be aloft him) who placed a appropriate accent on archery,” explained the society’s accident administrator Neil Payne.
For added advice on The Sacred Archery Society amuse appointment their website at www.sacred-archery.com or the contest page at http://www.sacred-archery.com/april_14.htm .
Press enquiries should be directed to AbdurRahman Raines at info@sacred-archery.com or on 01458 448473
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