Day 5 – LIVESTREAM – Pre-Iftar Lecture – Sayeda Khadija Centre – 7150 Edwards Blvd – Mississauga

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Day 5 – VIDEO – Drive-Thru Iftar – Sayeda Khadija Centre – Faith of Life Network – 7150 Edwards Blvd, Mississauga

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Sayeda Khadija Centre held its first Drive-Thru Iftar on Day 6 of Ramadan 2021.

We arrived shortly before the 6 p.m. Pickup start time,

but we arrived too early and had to drive around to wait a few more minutes.

It was raining lightly, though we could see blue sky working its way towards the masjid.

 

Parking Lot was transformed into a serpentine path marked with yellow caution tape attached to orange pylons,

Not unlike waiting in line at the Credit Union or in front of Amusement Park rides.

Our Car was the ride, name of the ride was Drive-Thru Iftar !

Dozens of Iftar Plates were placed on the table under the tent.

Moving forward towards our Iftar Pickup turn took almost no time at all.

6:01 p.m.

Cars did begin to appear and line up behind us, but everything was moving forward at a quick pace.

Volunteer asks how many Iftars are we picking up ?

Four Iftars for the Four of us inside the car.

Volunteer picks up two double bagged Iftar Dinners now earmarked for us.

We advanced a few too many steps forward but the Iftar hand-off remains flawless.

Four Iftar Dinners now picked up.

Sayeda Khadija Centre prepared 800 Iftar Dinners for today’s Drive-Thru Iftar.

The Efficiency of this Drive-Thru Iftar must be recognized.

It took all of FOUR Minutes from Entry to Iftar Pickup to Exit.

 

MashAllah upon all today’s volunteers at Sayeda Khadija Centre.

Everything was smooth and easy.

6:04 p.m.

Already en route home.

Home.

Time for Drive-Thru Iftar Dinner . . .

Later,

Listening to Imam Slimi during Sayeda Khadija Centre’s Pre-Iftar Lecture Livestream,

We learned that 200 Iftar Dinners were not picked up !

They were scrambling to distribute all those dinners to shelters and anywhere else quickly before sunset time.

Drive-Thru Iftars at SKC were planned for Saturdays and Sundays between 6 p.m and 7 p.m,

until further notice for the remainder of Ramadan 2021.

With so much confused messaging from the Ontario Government these past hours,

This weekend might be the last for Drive-Thru Iftars in Ontario this year.

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Night 5 – VIDEO – Call to The Prayer After Sunset – RCMP Corporal Nader Khalil calling Adhan Al-Maghrib in Full Uniform – Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre – 2612 37th Avenue NE – Calgary, Alberta

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Last year on Day 16 of Ramadan 2020,

Brother Sam Nammoura Livestreamed the First Ever Public Adhan Al Maghrib,

Call to The Prayer After Sunset,

at North-East Islamic Center / Akram Jomaa in Calgary, Alberta.

This year Sam didn’t need to wait for Day 16.

But it was still a first of its kind.

He livestreamed the following video on Day 4 / Night 5 of Ramadan 2021.

“Today the Calgary Muslim community witnessed history in the making.

Our brother RCMP Corporal Nader Khalil

calling Athan Al-Maghrib

in full uniform on Friday,

April 16th, 2021,

Ramadan 4th, 1442

at the Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre.”

 

SAM :

“Officer Nader would you like to say something ?”

Corporal NADIR KHALIL :

“I’m just very excited Sam.

And this is history for both the Muslim Community and the RCMP Community.

It’s never happened where a Muslim member in uniform has conducted or recited the Adhan.

So just super happy to be here and honestly this is a good day,

I’m proud to be Canadian.

It just shows the diversity of this country and the beauty of this country and we should be thankful.

Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Atheists,

Whatever faith we’re from,

We should be thankful that we live in such a beautiful country that allows us to worship in peace and in harmonies.

Thank you so much absolutely.”

SAM :

“Is this a contribution ?

Is this showing the RCMP being part of the Muslim community,

or the RCMP being supportive and giving a lot of support to the Muslim community ?”

Corporal NADIR KHALIL :

“This shows both.

 The community reached out to me.

I spoke to the community.

The RCMP was all for it.

We’re very supportive of any community that we police,

and in the end,

the police are the community and the community are the police.

We’re all one regardless of if you wear a uniform or don’t wear a uniform,

we’re all from this Canadian community and we all should be proud of that.”

SAM :

“But this is very symbolic,

I don’t think it ever happened before.

Are you aware of any Muslim officer who performed Adhan ?”

Corporal NADIR KHALIL :

“With RCMP ?

With the RCMP, No.”

 

 

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Day 4 / Night 5 – VIDEO – Drive-Thru Iftar – Islamic Centre of Canada – ISNA Mississauga – 2200 South Sheridan Way

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First inspired by Winnipeg Grand Mosque‘s Drive-Thru Iftars during Ramadan 2020,

ISNA Canada is again hosting Drive-Thru Iftars during Ramadan 2021.

The Islamic Centre of Canada in South Mississauga  First Come First Picked Up on the following days :

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

April  16, 17, 18,     23, 24, 25,     30

May  1, 2,     7, 8

Bonus Iftar : Monday May 10 2021

6:30 p.m.  6:00 p.m.  to  7:30 p.m.   | First Come, First Served

BUT,

With new Provincial Restrictions coming,

This first weekend of Ramadan 2021  might be  the last one with Drive-Thru Iftars at ICC.

We don’t know yet.

 

Last year we were among the first ever arrivals at the Drive-Thru Iftar.

This year,

We arrived on South Sheridan Way at 6:29 p.m.

One full minute before the officially listed 6:30 p.m. Pickup start time,

Yet there was already a line up of cars awaiting entry.

We shouldn’t have been surprised by this,

But yeah, we were.

So much activity already.

This was NEW . . .

A local low power FM radio broadcast.

We tune into 90.5 FM on the dashboard and begin to listen . . .

The  Iftar Radio Show  truly improved the entire Drive-Thru Iftar Experience.

 

Our two lanes of cars were advancing slowly,

While we could see the single lane Iftar Pickup was moving fast.

Zabiha Halal would be in tonight’s Iftar Meals.

Numerous Volunteers smoothed the way for us, like this Brother alternating drivers through the outer parking lot’s bottleneck exit.

 

The Iftar Radio Show  was interactive.

The host asked questions, and drivers replied with honking our car horns.

It felt FUN.

Really fun!

Something longed for and until now missed during this Second Pandemic Ramadan.

In Ramadan 2012, I was cycling all over Metropolitan Toronto to complete 30 Masjids in 30 Days.

I spot this single Bike Rack for Bicycle Parking.

I was happy to see this here.

Every Masjid should have Bicycle Parking.

Similar to walking a Labyrinth where sometimes you are close or beside the centre and then suddenly you are far away yet still on the correct path,

 

Driving through the roundabout route through the ISNA Parking Lot brings us one lane over from the Iftar Pickup before we turn south and away . . .

Another Volunteer holding up a sign asking us to tune into 90.5 FM on our car radios.

Alternating Host of the Iftar Radio Show reminds us we have to be present in the car to pickup an iftar.

The Drive-Thru Iftar is First Come, First Served,

but it is also Come In Person.

We’ve been advancing in line for 34 minutes,

Yet somehow the Iftar Radio Show made it feel like 3 or 4 minutes instead of 34.

Ramadan Timetables ?

Yes.

Ramadan 2021 Calendar Timetables being distributed . . .

Rudy Cuzzetto is a Canadian politician,

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.

He represents the riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

And in Ramadan 2021,

His office is handing out Ramadan 2021 Timetables complete with Duas / Intention for Suhoor and Iftar printed in Arabic with English Transliteration and Translation.

The light Ramadan Lyrics being broadcast on repeat are a nice touch to keep us from getting antsy while we all wait in line.

It all feels surprisingly fast.

Somehow, it doesn’t feel like we are waiting at all.

Lowering my passenger side window and the Iftar Radio Show is now an Iftar Loudspeaker Show !

Turning the corner for the final stretch,

we can now see the guests and hosts of tonight’s Drive-Thur Iftar.

Toronto Raptors Superfan Nav Bhatia is handing out Raptors Basketballs,

though we drove by too fast to ask him for one.

Drive-Thru Volunteers asking for photographs with The Superfan who runs The Nav Bhatia Superfan Foundation.

Shaikh Alaa Elsayed,

Imam & Director of Religious Affairs at Islamic Centre of Canada greets us.

Raptors Basketballs in the trunk to be handed out to some of those behind us in line.

NOW we’ve reached the Drive-Thru Iftar Pickup part . . .

Still similar to walking a Labyrinth . . .

. . . it’s our turn to be reaching the goal while others are still en route to the centre.

Volunteers filling brown paper bags with Iftar Dinners.

Hockey Sticks,

Because this is a  Canadian  Drive-Thru Iftar, eh ?

Wireless card payment units have been duct taped to the ends of hockey sticks.

Volunteers with the Hockey Stick Donation Devices stand ready to accept financial contributions,

While maintaining physical distancing.

Canadians also invented the Blackberry Smartphone.

Who knows, this might catch on !

Four Iftars Please.

While our Iftars are being collected,

A volunteers reminds us Donations are being collected by card or cash.

We donated cash.

Cash donation was easy and quick, as we planned to have it ready.

We’re at the Pickup part of the Drive-Thru Iftar Pickup.

Handing us our four Iftars is Regional Councillor for Ward 4 in Milton, Ontario, Zeeshan Hamid.

From the other politician we got a timetable.

From Councillor Zeeshan Hamid,

we got Iftars !

Alhumdulillah, that’s it.

Again like a Labyrinth,

It’s now time to exit.

Has it really been 49 minutes ?

Doesn’t feel like it at all.

 

InshAllah,

everyone after us experiences such an enjoyable and easy Drive-Thru Pickup.

Inside the paper bag, a surprise,

Jigsaw Puzzle of Ramadan Lanterns.   Hashtag: #LivingHalal.

Also inside the paper bag, the expected,

Four Iftars of Chicken and Rice.

Day 4 of Ramadan 2021 ends,

as Night 5 of Ramadan 2021 begins,

With Four Dinners from ISNA Canada‘s First Drive-Thru Iftar of the year.

 

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Day 4 – JUMAH – First Friday – Sayeda Khadija Centre – 7150 Edwards Blvd – Mississauga

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Empty.

Sayeda Khadija Centre‘s outside parking lot was empty.

In all Houses of Worship in The Province of Ontario, capacity is limited to 15%.

Inside Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga,

It too was empty.

15% Capacity allowed even shoes on the shelves to be physically distanced.

This is the Airport Like Gateway worshippers walk through after our QR Codes are scanned to confirm Pre-Registration for Jumah Prayers.

Inside the twin arches, you face a screen that checks your facial temperature.

Normal temperature the computer voice says, allows you to step forward into a brief mist of disinfectant.

Like many Airport Terminals nowadays,

This all is still empty.

Entering the Main Prayer Hall,

Sayeda Khadija Centre is finally, visually, less empty.

All but the first row of the regular blue carpet which adorns the Prayer Hall floor has been rolled up since shortly after the Pandemic began.

 

” B Y O P M T J P ” : Bring Your Own Prayer Mat To Jumah Prayer.

Each worshipper is seated atop their own prayer mat which itself sits atop taped position marker squares on the Turkish Tiled Prayer Hall Floor.

We sit in a zig-zag pattern rather than a grid.

Zig-Zag is still a grid but turned 45 Degrees.

This allows for more Physically Distanced prayer lines between the Imam and the back wall of the Prayer Hall.

It also echoes something of the Islamic Geometry inherent within the Turkish Tiles adorning the floor and walls of the Prayer Hall.

Jumah Qhutbah, Friday Sermon is good, filled with Ramadan reminders and paradigm shifting thoughts about the ROI, The Rate of Return, on good deeds done during Ramadan rather than outside this Holy Month.

Still, something was missing.

This 15% Capacity felt empty, sterile.

Perhaps that’s how it is supposed to be.

In-Between each scheduled Jumah Prayer, Sayeda Khadija Centre disinfects the Prayer Hall.

Having returned home from Friday Prayers,

We learn beginning Monday April 19 2021,

Masjid Capacity in Ontario would be capped at 10 People, inside or outside.

This First Friday of Ramadan 2021 would now become our ONLY Jumah Prayer performed inside any Ontario Masjid for remainder of Ramadan 2021.

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Day 3 – LIVESTREAM – Edge of Sunset – Iftar Nights 2021 – MABELLEarts – Etobicoke

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Each Thursday Evening in Ramadan 2021,

MABELLEarts is livestreaming “Edge of Sunset”

Beginning at 7 p.m. Toronto Time.

30Masjids attended a previous MABELLEarts’ Iftar Nights in person on Day 23 of Ramadan 2015.

Tonight is Week 1 of 4.

The Edge of Sunset Livestream performance,

airing each Thursday night during the month of Ramadan,

is a chance to celebrate with community stories, incredible music, fun hosting, guest chats, and much more.

Join us for the hour just before Iftar for moments of laughter, reflection, and connection.

This week,

our livestream performance surrounds the theme of “Breaking the Fast”.

We’re guided by our community stories around Iftar memories and moments:

  • preparing special foods and drinks,
  • favorite dishes,
  • and feasting rituals.

This week’s show is hosted live by Sergio Guerra, who is joined by musicians Brenna MacCrimmon and Maryem Tollar of Turkwaz,

puppeteers Afsaneh Zamani & Annie Katsura Rollins and the entire MABELLEarts community.

MABELLEarts.ca

VirtualIftarNights.ca

MABELLEarts Iftar Nights Livestream Team:

  • Dramaturgy: Elizabeth Rucker
  • Live Stream Direction: Annie Katsura Rollins
  • Videographer: Henry Mak
  • Live Stream Broadcast: Eric Chan
  • Live Stream Graphic Designer: Kelvin Wu
  • Poet in Residence and Host: Sergio Guerra
  • Story Research and Translation: Abir Abouel Sadaat
  • Illustration: Banafsheh Erfanian
  • Puppeteers: Annie Katsura Rollins, Afsaneh Zamani
  • Musicians: Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon
  • Lantern Project: Michael Burtt & The Listening Room Members
  • Artmaking Activity Facilitators: Michael Burtt & Shadowland Theatre w/The Listening Room, Annie Katsura Rollins and Faten Toubasi with the ACCT Women’s Circle
  • Composer, Iftar Nights 2020: Hussein Janmohamed
  • Communications Lead: Karen Kew
  • Website and Print Design: Billy Main

Help us bring Iftar Night meals to MABELLEpantry households!

Each week throughout the month of Ramadan,

our COVID-19 Food Security team will package Iftar treats and fast-breaking meal kits for hundreds of households.

Your kind donation will support our MABELLEYouth and Pantry team to ensure a Ramadan Kareem for families on Mabelle Avenue.

Donate here: http://www.mabellearts.ca/support

This was our Iftar Table being prepared and almost ready as we watched and listened to first Iftar Nights Livestream of Ramadan 2021.

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Day 2 – VIDEO – Meet Mohammad Faiq Ali – “A typical day, in my house, in the month of Ramadan” – Brampton, Ontario

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Night 2 – VIDEO – Public Adhan Al Maghrib – Call to The Prayer After Sunset – Green Dome Mosque – Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Assembly – AMCIA – 4616 80 Ave NE – Calgary, Alberta

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“Mosques around Calgary are being allowed to broadcast the Adhan,

or call to prayer,

on outdoor speakers at sunset during Ramadan.

This is the first night doing it at Green Dome mosque in NE Calgary.”

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Day 1 – LIVESTREAM – Resilient Hour – 1st of Ramadan – Sh. Musleh Khan – IIT – Islamic Institute of Toronto

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Sometimes there are no words to type,

Sometimes there is a Livestream.

Brother Fareed Amin explains in his opening how hard it was for IIT to STOP all collective prayers inside the Islamic Institute of Toronto.

This was done to satisfy the Province of Ontario Stay at Home Order.

The Masjid falls within a Hot Zone of rising Corona Virus community spread.

IIT is closing for at least the first week of Ramadan 2021.

Yet the Islamic Institute of Toronto is also Open . . .

Their Ramadan 2021 Schedule livestreams on their Youtube Channel :

https://www.youtube.com/c/IslamicInstituteofToronto/videos

  • Morning Qur’an Recitations
  • Afternoon Daily Du’as at 5:00 p.m.
  • Resilient Hour 30 minutes before Iftar / Local Toronto Sunset Time
  • Gems of Qur’anic Wisdom at 10:00 p.m.

Tonight’s IIT Resilient Hour featured Shaikh Musleh Khan speaking as we awaited Sunset Iftar according to Toronto Local Time.

Our family’s first Iftar Dinner Table of Ramadan 2021

Since the first year of 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan in 2011,

I would share a photograph of the date and drink used to open my fast,

In whichever Masjid I was visiting and blogging about that night…

Tonight, to break the first Day of Ramadan Fasting in the Second Pandemic Year of COVID-19,

The glass of Rooh Afza and Date were taken at home.

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30 MORE | Day 1 – “Good Robot makes Bad Neighbour” – Centre for Islamic Development – CID – 2728 Robie Street – Halifax, Nova Scotia

04 13 21'

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“Good Robot Makes Bad Neighbour“

The Good Robot brewing company and bar is next door to the Centre for Islamic Development in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

This was my stop on Day 2 of 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan Canada,

During Ramadan 2016.

I remember hearing the loud noise from the bar next door.

Everyone could hear loud muffled music,

While we were praying Isha and Salat al Taraweeh,

Or just sitting inside CID Masjid.

On the first day of Ramadan 2021,

Good Robot Instagrammed a long caption explaining how they had been a bad neighbour.

They owned their mistakes and wanted to do better.

In their words…

“We had a DJ on the roof, fog machine, glitter bombs…

The works.

It was cathartic.

It was loud.

Unfortunately this party occurred smack dab in the middle of Ramadan;

a very holy and sacred time for Muslims.

This was the last straw for them and it would soon become a huge wake-up call for us.

The result of our subsequent conversations with the CID were some major operational changes that we implemented to ensure a more peaceful coexistence.

For example,

we now take note of all daily prayer times when we open up in the morning.

During those prayer times we regulate the sound outside.

We have initiated hourly cigarette butt sweeps in front of the bar and the Islamic Centre.

Outdoor events like RobieScope now tend to be silent events using Silent Disco headphones that we rent from the amazing Evolution Sounds Entertainment.

We have also removed some of our rowdier activities such as “Cornhole”.

It has taken some deep introspection and a lot of difficult conversations with the CID to regain their trust.

They now occasionally invite us over for dinner.

In that difficult time in our history we humbly learned what it means to be a part of a community.

Neighbourhoods come with responsibility.

All of this said,

as we return to Ramadan season again today,

we would like to send good wishes to our Muslim friends and neighbours.”

Good Robot Bar staff jot down the daily prayer times at Centre for Islamic Development next door as a reminder to turn down the music volume – Halifax, Nova Scotia. – Photo credit : Elizabeth Chiu / CBC

Five Ramadans have passed since first hearing Good Robot’s bad sounds,

with my own ears while inside CID,

in what may still be Canada’s Greenest Masjid.

It took Good Robot five Ramadans to become a better neighbour.

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Day 1 – VIDEO – Adhan on Treaty 6 Territory – MAC – Muslim Association of Canada – ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ / Edmonton – Alberta

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“The Muslim Association of Canada acknowledges Treaty 6 territory—the ancestral and traditional territory of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, as well as the Métis.

We acknowledge the many First Nations,

Métis and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for generations.

We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us.

We recognize the land as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.”

— Muslim Association of Canada, Ramadan 2021

“The Athaan is a call to bring people to be together;

in the moment,

physically and spiritually.

The Athaan adds to the rich tapestry of amiskwacîwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ),

meaning “beaver hills house,”

– the Cree name for Edmonton.

Note:

All aerial flights were conducted by Drone 360 Imagery under Transport Canada Aviation Regulations.

Flights over bystanders were conducted with a RPAS with the appropriate safety assurance,

over people.

All take off locations were approved by the mosque.

Disclaimer:

footage was captured at various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However,

health guidelines and protocol set by the CMHO were followed throughout the recording.”

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30 MORE | Night 1 – Twitter Thread : “Ramadan is here and to be honest, I am *really* tired…” — By Sarah Mushtaq, MBA – Windsor, Ontario

04 12 21'

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“#Ramadan is here and to be honest,

I am *really* tired.

It’s usually a month of community, hope, renewal

but it feels difficult to lean into any of that as we face a third wave,

let alone the wild ride the past year itself has been.

Last year,

there was hope this year would… be different.

This year,

I feel spiritually, emotionally and mentally exhausted.

I need this spiritual recharge and I’m so very grateful to witness another #Ramadan.

But I am also really sad and scared and dragging along what feels like so much grief into this month.

And this is coming from someone who is healthy and employed and has a stable roof over my head.

Anyway,

just want to share for anyone feeling similarly.

May this #Ramadan be filled with the opportunity to heal our hearts, spiritually grow and ease our sadness.

#RamadanMubarak”

— Sarah Mushtaq, MBA, Windsor, Ontario

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Night 1 – Moonsighting Reports – Ramadan 2021

04 12 21'

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Day 0 – VIDEO – City of Calgary allows Public Adhan / Call to Prayer to be broadcast over Loudspeakers during Ramadan 2021 – George Chahal, Ward 5 City Councillor – Sheikh Jamal Hammoud – Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre

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Shaikh Jamal Hammoud,

Imam of Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre in Calgary and on behalf of Muslim Council of Calgary,

Thanked City Councillor George Chahal for allowing Public Adhan Al Maghrib for the second Ramadan in a row.

Here is Shaikh Jamal Hammoud holding up the memo from the City of Calgary allowing Public Adhans in Calgary during Ramadan 2021 :

Calgary

 

2021 April 9

To: Mayor Nenshi and Members of Council

From: Ryan Pleckaitis, Chief Bylaw Officer, Calgary Community Standards

RE: Ramadan 2021

 

In response to gathering restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The City of Calgary supported the Maghrib call to prayer to be broadcast over loudspeakers during Ramadan 2020. Recognizing continued challenges posed by the pandemic, Calgary Community Standards is pleased to advise that we will again support the sunset call for prayer being broadcast during Ramadan 2021. Supporting the sunset call to prayer is a small gesture intended to help lift spirits in a time of physical distancing and limited gatherings.

We will ask that the broadcast last no longer than five minutes in duration and not call on people to physically gather. We also respectfully request each participating location to notify the surrounding communities to inform of the intent to broadcast the sunset call for prayer, including the approximate date and time in advance of sunset April 13.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, charity and community. Ramadan 2021 is expected to commence (subject to the moon sighting) at sunset of Tuesday, April 13 and will continue for approximately 30 days. The call to prayer is delivered five times a day to remind Muslims to come to mandatory prayer. The Maghrib prayer (sunset prayer) is one of the five mandatory prayers and the approximate sunset time range is between 8:30pm on April 13 and 9:17pm on May 12.

Please let me know if you have questions that required additional information.

Regards,

 

Ryan Pleckaitis
Chief Bylaw Officer, Calgary Community Standards”

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30 MORE | Day 0 – Twitter Thread : “A COVID-19 2.0” – “This Ramadan, Share the Khayr Not COVID-19” — CMCTF – Canadian Muslim COVID-19 Task Force

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“Ramadan Mubarak everyone!

Check out this 🧵

on how we can all observe a blessed and #SafeRamadan this year!

To see our Ramadan 2021 guidelines, town hall, posters and infographics,

please visit cmcovidtf.com

The same public health guidance continues to apply during Ramadan!

The COVID-19 vaccines are safe,

Halal,

permissible while fasting and effective in protecting you and those around you.

If you feel well,

don’t delay getting your vaccine because of Ramadan!

There is no need to do,

eat or drink anything special on your vaccination day!

Have COVID-19 symptoms or were exposed?

Get tested ASAP and tell others without delay.

COVID-19 testing does not break your fast!

If you have no or mild symptoms of COVID-19,

you can continue to fast.

If your symptoms are severe,

you feel fasting will worsen your symptoms or delay recovery,

you may break your fast and make it up later.

Some masjids may be closed in hotspot regions while others may be open with reduced capacity.

Please respect all the rules and pray at only 1 local masjid within your region,

if permitted.

No indoor Iftaar gatherings at the masjid this year!

If your masjid is open,

they may recommend enjoying Iftaar with your household,

provide dates or water bottles outdoors,

or organize drive-thru Iftaars.

Keep Iftaar gatherings within regional limits!

Break your fast with those living with you,

and consider hosting virtual Iftaars with extended family and friends.

Pray Taraweeh prayers at home (as per the Sunnah) or at your local masjid (if it is open)

In the last 10 nights of the month,

observe ‘Itikaf at home this year

Support your family at home to get the most out of Ramadan this year!

Pay your Zakat (charity) and support your masjid,

local food bank and global community to multiply your rewards!

Recite,

Reflect and Reconnect with the Qur’an this Ramadan!

Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem from the Canadian Muslim COVID-19 Task Force to all that are observing and celebrating.

May the blessings of this month permeate our lives,

our homes,

our communities and may we all emerge safely from this 3rd wave, together.

Ameen!”

— CMCTF – Canadian Muslim COVID-19 Task Force

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