“As mayor, I stand with you in the fight for peace so that we all can have a safe home. Whether it’s from Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago or in Gaza,” Johnson said.
As the holy month of Ramadan and fasting concludes, Chicago -area Muslims celebrating the feast of Eid al-Fitr shared their concerns for those in Gaza who are enduring a humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war continues.Thousands gathered Wednesday morning for Eid prayers at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, where Mayor Brandon Johnson briefly renewed a call for peace in Gaza."As mayor, I stand with you in the fight for peace so that we all can have a safe home.
Jamal Jarad, president of the Islamic Community Center of Illinois, which organized the event, said he was happy Ramadan was ending but was worried for those in Gaza, an area that has been subjected to Israeli military attacks since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel."We cannot be fully happy knowing that our brothers and sisters in Gaza and in Palestine have no food, no clothes. They do not even feel safe to go out and celebrate," Jarad said.
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