Blackburn Rovers become first UK football club to host Eid prayers on pitch
by Christy Cooney, Guardian:
Hundreds of people congregate at Ewood Park to mark end of holy month of Ramadan.
Blackburn Rovers have become the first UK football club to host Eid prayers on their pitch.
Hundreds of people congregated at Ewood Park on Monday to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Aerial footage tweeted by the club showed about half the pitch covered with prayer mats and a sermon being delivered.
A message from the club read: “Eid Mubarak from everyone at Blackburn Rovers. This morning #Rovers became the first football club in the country to host Eid prayers on the pitch.”
Sudan-born Ahmed Khalifa, 37, who moved to Blackburn from the United Arab Emirates about four months ago, described how happy he was to see so many people at the stadium.
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