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Belmont Muslim Friends Invites Community to Break Fast

On Saturday, Feb. 28, the First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist, will host a large gathering of friends, neighbors, and a few strangers. They will gather at the invitation of the Belmont Muslim Friends for iftar, the traditional breaking of the fast during Ramadan. The Belmont Muslim Friends was founded in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. The perpetrators were two brothers who happened to be Muslim, which triggered a wave of negativity toward people of the…

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