The month-long celebration of Ramadan has been replaced by fundraising for victims, or canceled altogether by U.S. Muslims fearing for relatives overseas.
Members of the Muslim community gather for the Taraweeh prayer during Ramadan at New York's Times Square on Sunday. YORBA LINDA, Calif. — In this suburban Orange County city, a mosque is saving money otherwise spent on Ramadan meals to raise $50,000 for starving Gazans. In metro Detroit, an Arab-majority city canceled its holy month festivals.
At the Islamic Center of Yorba Linda, a former Christian church about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles, mosque leaders say the war spurred them to pick “gratitude” as their Ramadan theme. In suburban Detroit, home to one of the largest Arab American and Muslim populations in the country, this year’s Ramadan looks nothing like past years'. Dearborn’s annual Suhoor Festival, which usually attracts up to 15,000 people from across the continent on weekend nights, has been canceled. The event’s founder, Hassan Chami, said its merry atmosphere just didn’t feel right this year.“I don’t want to bear the responsibility of hosting such a fun festival,” he said.
In Michigan, perhaps more than anywhere else, President Biden is feeling the political fallout of his support of Israel, even if he has grown more critical as the violence in Gaza has continued. Although Biden won last month’s Democratic primary in the key swing state, more than 100,000 people cast ballots for “,” a protest vote meant to sway the president’s stance on the war.
“You go on with your life, but it’s in every prayer that you make,” she said. “When I break my fast, I’m praying for them.”
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