Celebrating Eid at Lincoln – Minerva Atrium
Join us on 24th June at Minerva Atrium to celebrate Eid and the end of Ramadan at Lincoln:
As part of our efforts to continue to embrace diversity and difference, we are marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and recent Eid al-Fitr on 5th June with a symbolic celebration of diverse faiths and belief systems.
An informal gathering to celebrate Eid and introduce what Ramadan and Eid are all about for our Muslim colleagues is being held by the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy and the HR Engagement, Equality and Development team in the Minerva Building Atrium on the 24th of June 2019 between 4:30 and 5:30 PM.
All are welcome:
Staff of all faiths and no faiths are very welcome and can participate in all or part of the gathering based on whatever they feel comfortable with, joining us for traditional food and beverages as well as an opportunity to interact with diverse staff, Lincoln City Council members and SLT representatives.
We hope to have more events like this to celebrate all faiths and no faiths. Please get in touch with Subash Chellaiah (our Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Lead) and write to Inclusive Community at inclusivecommunity@lincoln.ac.uk with your proposals and if you would like to get involved with event organising.
Eid Mubarak (Have a blessed Eid) everyone and we look forward to meeting you!
#DifferentInCommon – https://youtu.be/p_TJ-6UQ-8U (open in Google Chrome)
About Eid & Ramadan:
“Eid or Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting that started on May 5 and finished on June 4 in 2019. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from sun up to sundown (3 am to 9 pm in the UK this year) to honour the month in which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). Eid al-Fitr means “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast,” or “the Feast of Fast-Breaking.” As the Islamic calendar is based on lunar cycles, as opposed to the Gregorian calendar, which is based on the solar cycle; new month’s start and end with each new moon, and every year, Ramadan is held about 10 to 11 days earlier than it was the previous year in relation to the Gregorian calendar.” (mentalfloss.com)
“Eid al-Adha will begin on the evening of August 11, 2019, which falls in the middle of the 12th and final month in the Islamic calendar. The celebration revolves around when Allah appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, as a sign of his faith. It’s similar to the Christian and Jewish stories in which God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, but spared him from doing so. It finishes on the evening of Thursday, August 15.” (The Sun on Ramadan & Eid)
If you are curious about Ramadan and Eid, please visit BBC’s bitesize clip website which has a video that explains more https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/clips/z434wmn
Credits: Stacy Conradt’s article on 11 Things You Might Not Know About Eid Al-Fitr on mentalfloss.com – http://mentalfloss.com/article/501821/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-eid-al-fitr. The Sun’s article on Ramadan and Eid by Becky Pemberton and Sophie Roberts https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4506250/when-eid-2019-fitr-uk002F
The University of Lincoln recently adopted the IHRA’s definition on Antisemitism (https://staffnews.lincoln.ac.uk/2019/06/03/university-of-lincoln-adopts-ihras-definition-of-antisemitism/).
Story submitted by Sabah Holmes
sholmes@lincoln.ac.uk