Ramadan

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FFS
It's a REQUEST. At a meeting which starts at 18.30, it is REQUESTED that the Councillors refrain from eating all the sandwiches until after sundown, so that they can all eat together (and some food is left).

Even the Hate Mail clarifies it later in the same article.

Most of the council's debates are scheduled to start at 6.30pm.

But with the sun not setting until an hour later, devout Muslims will be unable to break their fast - known as Iftar - until midway through the meeting, where they will be given a 45-minute break.

Food and refreshments, such as sandwiches and biscuits, are normally laid on at town hall meetings.

Controversy has arisen because all members have been told not to eat until after sunset, out of courtesy to their Muslim colleagues, and so there will be food left for them later in the evening.

In the memo to councillors, John Williams, the council's head of democratic services, said: 'It is requested that members do not partake of any refreshments until after the Iftar refreshments are served.'

Still, if a request for common courtesty makes a country an Islamic Republic, then I guess it Britain already is.