27 h. ago Eid in the Park 2025: Thousands turn out as Muslim community sees out Ramadan in 'successful' Eid celebrations

The Muslim community commemorated the end of Ramadan at Platt Fields Park

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51 h. ago Eid in the Park 2025 details CONFIRMED for major Greater Manchester festival after moonsighting in Saudi Arabia

Eid in the Park 2025 marks end of Ramadan

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8 d. ago Ramadan is not just about abstaining from food. It’s about truthfulness – something we can all learn from | Shadi Khan Saif

The cherished tradition reminds us to pause and reflect on our words and actions, and cultivates a profound sense of empathyWith its month-long array of beautiful rituals and meditations, Ramadan offers an enriching pause from the demands of daily life, allowing people to cultivate compassion and prioritise truthfulness in both small and significant ways.As a Muslim observing the challenging yet cherished daytime discipline of refraining from food and water, the experience within a multicultural landscape is particularly fascinating. In a society often fixated on material pursuits and instant gratification, fasting provides a sense of contentment that cannot be found in worldly possessions.Fasting has been prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may learn self-restraint.Shadi Khan Saif is a Melbourne-based journalist and former Pakistan and Afghanistan news correspondent Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The best places to get an Iftar meal in London for Ramadan 2025

From six-course dinners to mouth-watering Lebanese sharing plates, here’s where to break your fast

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4 w. ago ‘We cleared rubble with our bare hands’: Iraqis rejoice as shattered Mosul rises from the ruins

City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had never passed. “The house kept our memories,” Sara says, sitting on the sofa of the courtyard. “It seems like we never left. On the contrary, when we came back, we felt we belonged to this house.”Located in the old Iraqi city of Mosul, right behind the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, their home is part of the local cultural heritage. It was heavily damaged during the occupation by Islamic State (IS) and the battle to reclaim the city by Iraqi armed forces, backed by US coalition airstrikes. Sara and her family were forcibly displaced during the fighting in 2017 and for many years feared they would never see their home intact again. Continue reading...

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last month From ‘salam’ shower gel to ‘ethnic’ bedding, firms want to celebrate Ramadan. But some can’t even spell ‘iftar’ | Nadeine Asbali

The religious festival is a month of fasting, prayer and community – not consuming and comparing ourselves with one anotherNadeine Asbali is the author of Veiled Threat: On being visibly Muslim in BritainSupermarkets have wheeled out the 20kg bags of rice. High-street stores have popped hijabs on mannequins. Cosmetic companies are churning out products scented with pomegranate, cardamom, saffron and “sticky date” – at Lush you can buy Salam shower gel, Noor lip butter and a massage bar that apparently smells like a turmeric latte. All this can only mean one thing in our modern, consumerist world: Ramadan is upon us.Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar, begins this weekend. Like many Muslims, I find it is my favourite time of the year (and not because I can bulk-buy rice for the entire year in my local Tesco). It is a time of spiritual growth and reflection, of turning away from our own desires and egos to focus on God, and of letting go of the trappings of the earthly w...

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