UK teachers to fast for ‘raising awareness of Islam’

CARDIFF: 

Three UK teachers will observe a fast during the holy month of Ramazan to raise 500 pound sterling for the city’s hungry and to raise awareness of Islam, according to foreign media sources.

Teachers Andrew Bodgin, Jon Letson and Jennifer John of Celtic English Academy in Park Place will be joining their Muslim students in fasting on July 3. They will be going without food and water for 19 hours to raise money for Cardiff Foodbank.

The three teachers decided to fast after reading about how the city’s Dar Ul-Isra Mosque will feed 400 people, including homeless people, every night in Ramazan.

The school’s marketing director Shoko Morimoto will also be joining the teachers in fasting in a bid to show support to Muslim students who fast during classes.

“We are doing this as a way to connect with our Muslim students and to raise money for the food bank,” teacher Andrew Bodgin said.

“Many of our international students are Muslim. By participating in the fast, we hope to show solidarity with them as well as those in our local community,” he added.