Growing P.A. Muslim community gives back following Ramadan
Prince Albert’s Muslim community came together in post-Eid celebrations to give back to the community.
Members of the city’s growing Islamic community made the rounds June 18, donating food and gift baskets to various organizations in order to help Prince Albert’s needy. The donations follow the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and its conclusion Eid, which was June 15.
“We fast [from sunrise to sunset] so we feel how the people who are in need, who don’t have food every day, how they feel,” Imam Irshad told paNOW during their donation tour Monday. “Muslims all around the world, they become more attracted to the mosques, they go more into worship, they give out more charity.”
The Prince Albert Muslim community banded together and called for food donations during Ramadan. On June 18, a group stopped at the Prince Albert Food Bank, Fire Department, Police Service, and women’s shelter to distribute their donations. Irshad said Islam teaches its followers about unity, creating peace, and sharing love among everyone in the community, and the donations act as a physical representation of that unity.