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Doumouh Baltaji said Ramadan, which begins at sundown on Tuesday, has taken on new meaning in the last two years, but the message of the holiday has remained the same.
“It’s the month of sharing and of solidarity, and it’s a month of excellence,” said Baltaji, coordinator of volunteers for the Muslim Association of Canada.
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It’s yet another challenging Ramadan for Montreal’s roughly 220,000 Muslims. With the pandemic raging in the province, any hopes of even small gatherings have been quashed by restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It’s the second year in a row that Muslims have had to adapt their celebration. Last year’s Ramadan began at the end of April the height of the virus’s first wave.