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The Muslim Association of Brantford this week unveiled billboards at several locations to help followers celebrate Ramadan.
“We have billboards on West Street, Brant Avenue and Paris Road,” Imam Abu Noman Tarek, of the Brantford Mosque, said.
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“Some Muslims are also putting Ramadan lawn signs on their front yards. We’re hoping these signs might bring some ease to Muslims during this unprecedented time.”
Ramadan began April 13 and is expected to end on May 12. During that time, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset daily abstaining from food, drink and marital relations during the daylight hours.
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Just six months in Brantford, and more than 11,000 kilometres from her former life in northern India, Manisha Vats can’t contain her enthusiasm for her family’s new chosen home.
“Canada is great,” she said. “It’s a cold country but the people are not cold. They’re very warm. It’s fabulous, the love we’ve got here.”
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Vats, her husband, Gaurav Sharma, and their five-year-old daughter, Rhythm, are representative of newcomers being welcomed by Canada. A quarter of the country’s immigrants arrived from India in 2019. The other top source countries are China, the Philippines, Nigeria and the United States.