After 30 days of daily fasting, Muslims and elected leaders joined together to break bread for Iftar, the end of Ramadan at a Skokie ballroom. The event celebrated policy victories in the statehous…
About 250 people celebrated iftar at a Skokie hotel on March 28, 2024. The celebration was hosted by Bushra Amiwala and was attended by north suburban elected officials. Richard Requena/Pioneer PressElected officials joined many in the Muslim community March 28 in a Skokie ballroom for an iftar dinner, the meal that ends the daily sunrise-to-sunset fast for Muslims during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education Member Bushra Amiwala at the iftar celebration she hosted at a Skokie ballroom on March 28, 2024. Richard Requena/Pioneer Press Wesam Shahed, an assistant state’s attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, spoke about the resolution supported by the Muslim Civic Coalition to honor the life of Wadea al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old boy slain by his landlord whoand his mother after hostilities began in the Middle East, according to Will County authorities. The resolution was introduced to the Senate by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on March 14.
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