Posted: May 13, 2021 6:55 PM PT | Last Updated: May 14
Muslims pray during Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan in the parking lot of Richmond Jamea Masjid in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Whether praying on a wooden plank in a parking lot or virtually online, Muslims across the globe have had to find unique ways to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in the midst of COVID-19 for a second year in a row.
The celebration, which marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, is usually done in close quarters with thousands standing shoulder to shoulder. But, in a time where distance is key and large gatherings are banned, communities have had to find new ways.
The Calgary Food Bank received a donation of almost 320 kilograms (700 pounds) of food on Monday, thanks to the city’s Ismaili Muslim community. The group is on pace to donate 2,359 kg this year.
CALGARY For the second time during the pandemic, a unique initiative started by the Ismaili Muslim community will be collecting thousands of pounds of food for those in need. Members of Ismali CIVIC are holding their annual Ramadan Food Drive. “This year, obviously because of the pandemic we didn’t want that to negatively affect the outcome of our annual food bank drive, said volunteer Fatima Moledina. We partnered with a few different Save-On Foods locations to collect over 5,000 pounds of non-perishable food items.” In addition to non-perishable food, the Ismaili CIVIC group is purchasing healthy, perishable foods from H&W Produce.
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A few hours ahead of a Philadelphia road game in March 1965, Wayne Embry was with his Cincinnati Royals teammate Oscar Robertson in their hotel room when the phone rang. It was Embry’s wife, Theresa (Terri), on the other end of the line, calling from their family home in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Wayne, Yvonne and I are going to Selma to march,” she told Embry.
Shock rushed through Embry’s body. Earlier that month, hundreds of civil rights demonstrators made the 54-mile march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital of Montgomery for the right of African-American citizens to vote. That march became known as Bloody Sunday for the violence that Alabama state troopers, brandishing billy clubs and firing tear gas, inflicted upon demonstrators. Embry’s shock quickly became concern.