Taking Heart brings people of all faiths together around Iftar
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Ramadan marks the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunup to sundown. Each day the fast is broken with a meal called an Iftar. Mosques and Islamic Community Centers throughout the Twin Cities, Duluth and Rochester are inviting their neighbors of all faith backgrounds for a traditional Ramadan Iftar throughout the month.
The dinner program is called Taking Heart. It started seventeen years ago to promote understanding between Muslims and people of other faiths in a period of heightened Islamophobia. Imam Asad Zaman is the Executive Director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota. He is organizing the 17 free meals throughout the state.
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