{"id":5877,"date":"2018-05-16T14:47:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5877-ramadan-dinner-for-neighbors-planned-in-southborough-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2018-05-16T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:47:18","slug":"ramadan-dinner-for-neighbors-planned-in-southborough-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5877-ramadan-dinner-for-neighbors-planned-in-southborough-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan dinner for neighbors planned in Southborough\u00b8 Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southborough Neighbors for Peace is inviting families in Southborough in Worcester County, US state of Massachusetts, to its third annual Iftar dinner, which will be held at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Southborough Neighbors for Peace is inviting families in Southborough in Worcester County, US state of Massachusetts, to its third annual Iftar dinner, which will be held at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Five Muslim families from Southborough will provide catered Middle Eastern food.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>This year\u2019s gathering will be held in memory of those lost in the Parkland, Fla. and Toronto tragedies. Non-perishable food data-x-items will be collected for the Southborough Food Pantry.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThis dinner really makes sense. The purpose of Ramadan is building a sense of community with everyone, not just those who observe,\u201d Medina said.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cRamadan is the most spiritual month for Muslims. Those who observe it are required to fast from sunrise to sunset, including abstaining from food and water.<\/h4>\n<h4>Southborough Neighbors for Peace grew out of a connection between Medina and Reverend Phil LaBelle, the pastor at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church. The two met through their children.<\/h4>\n<h4>Reverend LaBelle said \u201cAs a Christian priest, I didn\u2019t know much about Ramadan other than what I learned at seminary: that it was the month when Muslims fasted during the daylight hours in honor of the Prophet Muhammad receiving the Quran.,\u201d LaBelle said. \u201cWhat my Muslim neighbors have taught me is that while they fast during the day, there is great celebration and feasting when the sun sets.\u201d\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cMy life has been enriched by these (interfaith) friendships and in learning more about the different ways people worship God,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Southborough Neighbors for Peace is now made up of a core group of 15 to 20 members, according to Medina.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southborough Neighbors for Peace is inviting families in Southborough in Worcester County, US state of Massachusetts, to its third annual Iftar dinner, which will be held at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m.\u00a0 \u00a0 Southborough Neighbors for Peace is inviting families in Southborough in Worcester County, US state of Massachusetts, to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[664,100,265,228],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-country","tag-islam","tag-ramadan","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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