FEATURE-In COVID-19 s shadow, migrants find solace in Ramadan prayers and online iftars Reuters 2 hrs ago Communities get creative to mark second pandemic Ramadan Many Muslim migrants face isolation during lockdowns Community support vital to fight loneliness
By Jack Graham and Beh Lih Yi
TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen Sharbano pictures the Islamic holy month of Ramadan back home in Oman, she remembers precious time with her large family, children running between houses, and neighbors delivering the iftar evening meal to each other and to the mosque.
Now seeking asylum in Canada, the 37-year-old lives with her two brothers in Pickering, a city in southern Ontario, and is observing the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that began this week under lockdown for a second year.
Community support vital to fight loneliness
By Jack Graham and Beh Lih Yi
TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – W hen Sharbano pictures the Islamic holy month of Ramadan back home in Oman, she remembers precious time with her large family, children running between houses, and neighbors delivering the iftar evening meal to each other and to the mosque.
Now seeking asylum in Canada, the 37-year-old lives with her two brothers in Pickering, a city in southern Ontario, and is observing the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that began this week under lockdown for a second year.
“We are thirsty – not to eat or drink – but to meet people, to talk to them, to get into the community and to gather with people,” said Sharbano, who arrived in Canada in late 2019 and asked not to give her full name.
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Muslims pray during the first dawn prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they keep social distancing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Muslim bows in Sijdah during an evening prayer called taraweeh marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Chicago s Muslim Community Center on April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
In this photo taken using slow shutter speed, Muslim women offer an evening prayer called taraweeh marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim)
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