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Catholic Italy’s Olympic Host Cities Offer Different Access for Muslims to Observe Ramadan
Milan offers accessible mosques and iftars for Ramadan, while mountain Olympic towns have scarce prayer spaces, forcing travel for Muslim attendees; Italy has 1.7 million Muslims.
- This year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, taking place in the historically Catholic nation of Italy, coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a time for dawn-to-dusk fasting and religious observance.
- Milan, one of the host cities, is multicultural with Islamic centers and mosques welcoming people of other faiths to partake in iftar dinners, where Muslims break their daily fast.
- In the mountain village of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the other host city, finding a place to pray has been challenging for the small Muslim population.
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Catholic Italy's Olympic host cities offer different access for Muslims to observe Ramadan
This year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games are located in Italy, a historically Catholic nation. And they coincide with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
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