IFE MEDIA RELEASE 12 September 2008
The Tower Hamlets Council of Mosques (COM) convened their Annual Iftar Dinner on Thursday 11 July 2008, to celebrate and promote community cohesion in the borough.
Held at the London Muslim Centre, the Council of Mosques Annual Iftar Dinner hosted a number of local community and councilor leaders, religious figures, school heads as well as the Minister for Transport and Aviation.
Delivering the keynote speech, Muhammad Habibur-Rahman, president of Islamic Forum of Europe talked about the significance of fasting in the month of Ramadan which he said, "encompasses through the intense engagement in ibadah (worship) a great sense of social cohesion and responsibility, thereby bringing people closer together."
He further added that "through a month long training of acquiring taqwa (God consciousness), a fasting person's personal development is such that s/he becomes a force for good, through personal conduct as well as social interaction and engagement."
Following deliberations by numerous guest speakers, a packed audience of Muslims and non-Muslims broke fast together at sunset, with the call of prayer bellowing out of the adjoining East London Mosque.
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