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Addis Abeba, May 10, 2021 – A Grand Iftar event organized by the Ethiopian-Muslim community of Addis Abeba, in collaboration
with Halal Promotion Plc., was violently dispersed when security forces prevented thousands Muslims who descended on Meskel Square, a public space in the center of the city on May 9, 2021
Videos and photos showing chaotic scenes from the event and the crackdown including security forces firing teargas at crowds flooded social media outlets overnight causing an frustration and critique from several leading Muslim activists and clerics.
“Muslims refuse anything less than equality and will not accept being second class citizens.”
Ahmedin Jebel
Ramadan 2021: How Bristol s Muslim community is observing holy month during coronavirus pandemic
The Grand Iftar on St Marks Road will be unable to go ahead in person this Eid
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Tens of thousands of Muslims around Bristol are marking the second Ramadan to be affected by coronavirus.
Restrictions due to the pandemic this year are more relaxed than they were in 2020, when the holy month began just a few weeks into the first national lockdown.
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image captionThe 2019 event saw 6000 people break their fast on St Mark s Road in Easton, Bristol
The annual Grand Iftar community event in Bristol will be held virtually this year due to coronavirus restrictions.
Iftar is the breaking of fast each evening at sunset, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The 2019 Grand Iftar saw thousands of people line the streets of Easton to break fast - and was the last time the event was held in person.
Volunteers will be distributing food around the city on Sunday and a special online event will take place on Sunday.
Bristol City Council drops plan to pedestrianise St Marks Road after fierce backlash
Long-established businesses along St Marks Road feared they would have to close if it went ahead
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A vibrant Bristol road recently crowned the best street in the UK will not be closed off to traffic.