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From Shakespeare's Globe to shot stadiums, landmark locations person held events to observe the Islamic beatified period of Ramadan crossed England.
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London's Victoria and Albert Museum provided a stunning surrounding for an iftar repast successful March
Manchester Cathedral and King's College successful Cambridge were among the venues hosting iftar meals - to interruption the regular fasts - for radical of each backgrounds.
Organisers astatine Ramadan Tent Project accidental they privation to bring communities together.
"There's been immense appetite - particularly since the pandemic - to connect," manager Waseem Mahmood said.
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Image caption,Cambridge University hosted an unfastened iftar astatine King's College, founded successful the 15th Century
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Image caption,CBeebies presenter George Webster attended an lawsuit astatine the Rawdah Mosque successful Bradford
The organisation has been hosting the events each nighttime since Ramadan started connected 22 March.
For Muslims, the period marks the commencement of divine revelation of the Quran and often spurs other devotion and charity.
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Image caption,Volunteers instrumentality a interruption astatine a British Library lawsuit - Ramadan commemorates the commencement of Quranic revelation, which began with a bid to "read"
Mr Mahmood, who has been connected the roadworthy for the past 3 weeks, said: "For maine personally, Islam has a precise beardown vertical and horizontal constituent - vertical is astir getting person to God but to bash that, you person to grow yourself horizontally and that means service."
He said iftar organisers wanted radical to "get retired of their comfortableness zones" by visiting section landmarks they whitethorn ne'er person seen.
"For example, with Manchester Cathedral and Aston Villa, determination were radical who don't spell to religion oregon aren't shot fans.
"The astonishment connected their faces erstwhile they travel successful - and instantly instrumentality pictures earlier they beryllium down - shows we did a bully job."
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Image caption,A rabbi was among those addressing an interfaith iftar with 1,400 radical astatine Manchester Cathedral
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Image caption,Children performed a sonnet connected signifier astatine Shakespeare's Globe successful London
Mr Mahmood, a Manchester United fan, adjacent had to grin and carnivore a Chelsea scarf for a photograph accidental astatine the London club, which was 1 of 5 shot grounds hosting iftars with the Ramadan Tent Project.
He said "every azygous determination person said they privation to bash it again" aft much than 20,000 radical attended events astatine astir 20 venues successful London and 9 extracurricular the capital.
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Image caption,London politician Sadiq Khan joined those breaking the accelerated astatine Trafalgar Square
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Image caption,Muslims marque up astir 7% of the colonisation successful England and Wales, according to the 2021 census
Organisers besides wanted to marque events sustainable by avoiding integrative and cutting down connected waste.
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Image caption,Hundreds turned up for an iftar astatine Aston Villa's stadium successful Birmingham
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Image caption,While Chelsea FC hosted a pitchside event
About 40% of attendees were not Muslim, with immoderate aboriginal joining a 500-strong radical of volunteers "because they wanted to springiness thing back", Mr Mahmood said.
"It's astir however we animate radical to interruption breadstuff and person conversations, but besides the conception of stewardship and work erstwhile it comes to food.
"This full travel has inspired and fulfilled maine and made my bosom smile."
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