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Blackburn Rovers Ramadan street fast 'building unity'

A Blackburn Rovers initiative to bring 12 families together to fast for a day during Ramadan was "building community unity", one of the participants said.

It was part of a project by the football club to bring communities together.

Families took on the challenge of fasting for a day, to find out what it was like for their Muslim neighbours during Ramadan.

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12 May 2021

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