‘We are all the same’: Barcelona church opens to Ramadan diners
Al Jazeera
As indoor venues remain closed, a Catholic church has offered up its open-air cloisters for people to eat and pray together.
With COVID-19 restrictions preventing Barcelona’s Muslim population from celebrating Ramadan at the usual indoor venues, a Catholic church has offered up its open-air cloisters for people to eat and pray together. Every evening, between 50 and 60 Muslims, many of them homeless, stream into the centuries-old stone passages of the Church of Santa Anna, where volunteers offer a hearty meal of home-cooked food. “We are all the same … If you are Catholic or of another religion and I am Muslim, that’s fine,” said Hafid Oubrahim, a 27-year old Moroccan of Berber descent who attends the dinners.More Related News