{"id":7619,"date":"2018-06-12T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2018-06-12T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T09:23:08","slug":"modern-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/7619\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a lot going on in this story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A community iftar meal traditionally held during Ramadan has this year been opened to members of the public.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Usually the only non-Muslims who flock to these events are politicians looking for a photo op. I’m curious as to who will show up to this one.<\/p>\n

The free event has been organised by Qamar Abbas, president of UK Islamic Mission Solihull, and his team. He will also speak at the event, along with Idrees Sharif, vice president of UK Islamic Mission Midlands.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Taste Ramadan is an invitation to “share food and share friendship” and will take place at St Edburgha’s Church Hall<\/strong> in Church Road, Yardley, on Saturday, June 2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Heh. This is either some serious high-level trolling, or Britain is being subject to a shit-test it’s failing miserably.<\/p>\n

Confirmed attendees are councillors Babar Baz and Neil Eustace, West Midlands Police and representatives of several local churches including Stechford Baptist Church, All Saints Stechford and Corpus Christi RC Church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suppose this makes sense. Church attendances in Britain have been collapsing as proper Christians die off and the population switches to other forms of worship<\/a>. Those running the Church of England and now even the Catholics seem little interested in taking religion seriously, so why not hand over the infrastructure to people who do? And how comforting to see Plod involved; we wouldn’t want them to miss out on free iftar food and not be on hand should anyone tweet something Islamophobic.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Yasin, chairman of Stechford Mosque, some of whose congregation helped put together the event, said: “We have people from all religions and communities coming together to share an iftar meal and more.<\/p>\n

“This is the first community iftar we have held in a church rather than a mosque and the first one we have opened up to the public. We hope to see people there from all walks of life.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This all sounds rather positive. What’s not to like? Oh, wait:<\/p>\n

He added: “This is a male-only event<\/strong> and the church has a capacity of 100 people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over to you, feminists!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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