ENI/RNS — London Mayor Boris Johnson called on the city’s millions of residents to join Muslims in fasting for at least a day during the Islamic observance of Ramadan to better understand Islam.
Then, says Johnson, Londoners should break their fast by visiting one of the numerous mosques that dot the British capital.
Johnson, speaking at the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre in September, said such an experience could demonstrate a welcoming of Muslims into Britain’s mainstream society.
“Muslims are challenging the traditional stereotypes and showing that they are, and want to be, a part of the mainstream community,” Johnson said.
Some 1.6 million Muslims in Britain’s population of 61 million people are estimated to observe Ramadan, which ended on Sept. 20.
