{"id":71186,"date":"2016-06-05T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=50736e7ff639c48cc4b5931071e99751"},"modified":"2016-06-05T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T17:00:00","slug":"press-release-ramadan-2016-david-camerons-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71186","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Ramadan 2016: David Cameron\u2019s message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated:<\/em> Added translation<\/p>\n

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Ramadan 2016: Prime Minister\u2019s message<\/a><\/p>\n

Full transcript<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s the holy month of Ramadan \u2013 a time when mosques open their doors, community centres welcome in their neighbours, and even churches and synagogues offer up their spaces as Muslims break their fasts \u2013 and people of all faiths and none are often asked to join.<\/p>\n

Coventry Cathedral is holding its own multi-faith iftar. In Manchester, they\u2019re combining an iftar with England\u2019s European Championships appearance. And homeless shelters up and down the country are holding \u2018Iftars with the Homeless\u2019.<\/p>\n

Of course, fasting is what comes to mind when we think of Ramadan. It\u2019s part of the month that really puts Muslims\u2019 faith to the test \u2013 especially during these long, warm days.<\/p>\n

But there is much more to it.<\/p>\n

There is all the energy and money people donate to those who are less fortunate and all the extra time spent in prayer and contemplation.<\/p>\n

Uppermost in all our minds this Ramadan are those whose lives have been torn apart by the twin evils of Assad and Daesh, all those families spending this holy month in refugee camps mourning loved ones; yearning to go back to school or work; wondering when they\u2019ll return home again.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts \u2013 whatever our backgrounds or beliefs \u2013 are with them. And we must continue to support the people of Syria and the region, as we work towards a lasting political solution. Because that\u2019s who we are as a country. We won\u2019t walk on by. So this Ramadan, let\u2019s renew our resolve to help those victims.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s continue to come together for iftars and community events. Let\u2019s celebrate the proud, multi-racial, multi-faith democracy we live in. To everyone in Britain and around the world \u2013 Ramadan Mubarak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prime Minister sends his greetings to all Muslim communities for the holy month of Ramadan, in Britain and around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71200,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71186\/revisions\/71200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}