In what will be a first for the club and a Premier League stadium, Chelsea Foundation have commenced open Iftar at the side of the pitch at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The club had earlier announced earlier that it will champion the first ever open iftar at the Stamford bridge during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The UK’s largest community event in Ramadan, Open Iftar allows Muslims observing Ramadan the opportunity to gather to break their fast together as well as providing a safe space for mutual dialogue and engagement.
The programme began on Sunday with Muslim faithful thronging on the venue to dine and wine together after fasting.
The UK’s largest community event in Ramadan, Open Iftar allows Muslims observing Ramadan the opportunity to gather to break their fast together as well as providing a safe space for mutual dialogue and engagement.
Ramadan will be recognised at Chelsea FC and Chelsea Foundation as part of the No To Hate campaign, which is a club-wide equality, diversity and inclusion programme that targets hate and discrimination and aims to educate all stakeholders inside and outside of Chelsea FC and football
Omar Salha, founder and CEO of the Ramadan Tent Project had earlier said: ‘For the past decade Ramadan Tent Project has connected and convened over half-a-million people from all backgrounds through its annual Ramadan Festival and flagship initiative Open Iftar.
‘We are honoured to bring Open Iftar to Stamford Bridge, on the occasion of our 10-year anniversary and our 2023 theme of “Belonging”, and work in partnership with Chelsea FC who have been driving inclusivity in football. To such an extent, the “Pride of London” will be the first Premier League club in history to host an Open Iftar event.
This year’s Ramadan started from Wednesday 22 March and is expected to end on Friday 21 April.
