إسكتلندا: أنشطة دينية وحملات توعية بشهر رمضان في جلاسكو

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد الشيخ "محمد إيشاز" - الإمام المساعد بـ"مسجد الفرقان" بمدينة "جلاسكو" الإسكتلندية - أن المدينة تشهد الكثير من فعاليات التوعية بشهر رمضان، إضافة إلى الأنشطة الدينية المختلفة المتعلقة بالشهر الكريم.

وعلى الرغم من طول فترة الصيام ومشقته، فإن المسلمين يتحملون، وتعقد المساجد الحلقات النقاشية التي تسهم في تعزيز التعايش السلمي مع الآخر.

وهذا إلى جانب الدور الكبير الذي يقوم به "راديو رمضان"، الذي تأسس عام 1996، والذي يبث إرساله خلال شهر رمضان، ويشارك في فعالياته نحو 200 متطوع، وقد نجح في جمع 123 ألف جنيه إسترليني في آخر 10 أيام من رمضان 2013، ويستمع إلى فقراته الآلاف من المسلمين؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

يرجى الإشارة إلى المصدر عند نقل الخبر - شبكة الألوكة.

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Glasgow Muslims Observe Special Ramadan

Like millions of Muslims across the world, Glasgow Muslims celebrate Ramadan on their own way through several activities that have been promoting the holy fasting month for years in Scotland.

“There is a lot of awareness of Ramadan in Glasgow through media and integration with local people, so everybody knows about it,” Mohammed Ishaz, assistant Imam at Al’Furqan Mosque on Carrington Street, told the Daily Record on Wednesday, July 10.

“They respect that.”

For Ishaz, observing Ramadan in Glasgow is different from being in a Muslim country like Saudi or Pakistan.

“The long days in Glasgow make it harder to fast here. But in Pakistan it is very hot, so you can’t live for long without water,” Ishaz explained.

“So here it is a long day but you don’t feel thirsty.

“It’s about the same level of difficulty.”

Promoting integration in the community throughout the holy month, Al’Furqan Mosque holds sessions and discussions with refreshments.

“Some people say, ‘We have been passing the mosque for 30 years, and we always wonder what goes on inside,” Haq Nawaz Ghani, an assistant at the mosque

“Rather than try to combat negativity, we thought, let’s do something positive.”

In Glasgow, Radio Ramadan offers a special flavor to the holy fasting month.

Taking an eight-hour plane journey to Glasgow, a Pakistani Muslim businessman travels every year in Ramadan to sing live on his show at Glasgow community station Radio Ramadan.

“I sing poems in Punjabi for my listeners,” the Pakistani Zafar Iz Balbabar, 49, said.

“I have a business so I don’t do it for money. I do it out of love. I do it for the community. I prefer to spend Ramadan in Pakistan but I learn from listening to other Radio Ramadan programs about religion.

“I enjoy being in this exciting place with so much happening,” the Pakistani textile factory owner added.

Founded in 1996, Radio Ramadan that airs during Ramadan only has more than 200 passionate volunteer.

“People phone in at the start of the month asking to get involved,” Mazhar Khan, coordinator at Radio Ramadan, said.

“They say, ‘I’ll sweep the floor, I’ll clean the toilet, I’ll do whatever just to get involved’.

“You get older people who have never presented in their lives, suddenly interacting with thousands of listeners.”

With more than 15,000 listeners a day locally, Radio Ramadan donations campaign could collect £125,000 within the last 10 days of Ramadan in 2013.