Manchester Evening News the plan was to celebrate the festival via Zoom. He said: “We really really appreciate what the organisers have done to set this up.”“We had plans to commemorate this event before this, we were always going to teach our kids how the Islamic new year is brought in,“But it wouldn’t have been the same when you see how people come together to commemorate it in person, it’s different from when you do it yourself at home.“Covid has changed everyone’s life, not just how we work, shop or go to school but even our religious gatherings."Another attendee, Syed, also came with his family and described the event as the ‘essence of Muharram’.
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