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RAMADAN CAME TO a close for another year last Saturday.
Recent world events have put the spotlight on Islam – and in some regions – on Muslims themselves.
Last week, TheJournal.ie visited a mosque in Blanchardstown to find out what it’s like living as a Muslim in Ireland in 2017.
One of the locals we spoke to was Ibraaheem who moved to Dublin more than two years ago.
“We love it here,” he said of his family’s experience. He previously lived in Saudi Arabia where he worked as a public relations communications consultant.
“I wanted my children to have more opportunity,” he continued. “We feel safer here.”
University student Haris said he likes the way the people of Ireland are “easy-going and friendly”, adding that they have accepted him and his family as one of their own.
When asked about recent events in the UK, France and elsewhere that might give a negative impression of Islam, Ibraaheem said that there are people who try to “skew” the religion into something that fits their own agendas.
“If you want to know the truth about Islam, read for yourself, educate yourself. There’s plenty of information out there,” he explained.
Watch our full report in the video above.
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There’s a load of those planes on done deal for €50 million. #ripoff
How about a story on how the one of the postcode consortium winners actually just won a tender to deliver the Irish Water Grant.
Or how the remaining postcode tender winners have actually designed a second code because they know eircode is so crap it wont be used. The Plan B code is of course private but they used the €27,000,000 eircode tender to develop it.
A good postcode was proposed but changed to become a billing database for Irish Water.
Applegreen not worth a mention ?
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