LONDON: A British-Muslim entrepreneur serenaded London’s Tower Bridge with the adhan as the sun set over the British landmark on the last Friday of Ramadan 2021.
Kazi Shafiqur Rahman, 35, delivered the adhan in the style of the Grand Mosque’s head muezzin, Sheikh Ali Ahmad Mulla, wearing a white thobe and Saudi ghutra on Friday as part of an interfaith virtual iftar.
It is a style that he has perfected since childhood and has fueled the British-Bangladeshi’s passion for performing the adhan in public.
Mulla has been a muezzin at the Grand Mosque since 1975 and his voice is recognized by Muslims worldwide regardless of whether they have visited Makkah.
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Food packs and gifts have been delivered to older residents in Tower Hamlets
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More than 400 Christmas dinners were delivered to isolated people and community partners across the borough by Tower Hamlets Homes on Thursday.
The massive Christmas dinner drive and virtual Christmas party was organised to thank volunteers at THH-supported community hubs and to give vulnerable people a celebratory event.
Volunteers at the community hubs, which include Neighbours in Poplar, St Hilda s East, Darul Ummah community centre in Shadwell and East London Cares, have worked tirelessly to make sure communities across Tower Hamlets received vital food, medicine and care packages throughout the pandemic.