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Friday, July 1, 2016
Via Pink News: Muslims invite LGBT community to break Ramadan fast
The LGBT community in Ireland has been invited to a Muslim community meal for Ramadan.
The Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council has invited LGBT individuals to their second annual community Iftar – the meal which marks the end of the daily Ramadan fast – in Dublin next Saturday.
Ramadan is the annual month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and sex between dawn and sunset.
The fast is performed to learn discipline, self-restraint and generosity and is seen one of the “five pillars” of Islam.
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