Thu Mar 30, 2023 – 10:56 am EDT
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) — For the first time in history, the city of London had an official display of “Ramadan lights” in celebration of the start of the Muslim fasting month.
Coventry Street in London’s West End, which links Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, was illuminated with 30,000 lights, including a large sign reading “Happy Ramadan.” The display was opened by London’s Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan on March 21, 2023.
“I’m really hoping that people get inspired to do this elsewhere and Europe, elsewhere in the world as well,” Rahima Aziz of the Aziz Foundation said in an interview.
“It’s a victory for us all, for anyone who supports diversity, supports inclusion, is Muslim like myself, […],” the Lord Mayor of Westminster City Council Cllr Hamza Taouzzale said. “It’s a great achievement and we are really happy to have it in Westminster.”
“First one in the U.K., first one in Europe, hopefully not the last and hopefully year on year it gets bigger and […] to have it in Westminster is a huge statement, it’s the heart of government, the heart of our country,” he continued.
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