{"id":4593,"date":"2022-04-16T13:38:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions"},"modified":"2022-04-16T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T13:48:44","slug":"us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and learn from each other. The meeting created an opportunity for Sierra Leonean and American staffs to share the Iftar meal together.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, is a time when Muslims seek forgiveness for their sins, pray for guidance and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds.<\/p>\n

For employers to understand Ramadan Traditions in the spirit of diversity, there are several aspects of Ramadan to consider in order to create a more inclusive environment for Muslim employees:<\/p>\n

Fasting is one of the most important practices. Each day during Ramadan, the fast begins before dawn and ends at sunset. Employers must be aware of the employee\u2019s need for a break to end the fast. Employers and other non-Muslims must be cognizant that some employees may experience low blood-sugar levels or be more tired while fasting.<\/p>\n

Employers must Encourage discussion of the meaning of Ramadan and make sure other staffs understand what the holiday means and why these observances occur.<\/p>\n

Most Muslims believe that prayer should be performed five times daily. During Ramadan, many Muslims may be more determined to meet these obligations. Employers must Provide quiet places to pray and time for breaks. And again, make sure other employees understand the reasons.<\/p>\n

Employers must strive to teach their employees proper recognition of Ramadan. Workers can greet one another by saying \u201cRamadan Mubarak\u201d, which means \u201cblessed Ramadan\u201d or \u201cHappy Ramadan\u201d or \u201cRamadan Kareem\u201d, which means \u201cGenerous Ramadan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The close of the holiday is Eid-ul-Fitr, which in the Sierra Leone this year is celebrated between May 2nd and 3rd. Employees may ask for time off to celebrate the holiday with family and friends.Employers must use their employee-resource groups to help educate your workforce about Ramadan and other religious holidays. Only a handful of companies have specific religious employee-resource groups but all of these groups can be used to disseminate informational knowledge and create an inclusive workplace.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and learn from each other. The meeting created an opportunity for Sierra Leonean and American staffs to share the Iftar meal together. Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, is a time when Muslims seek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\nUS Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\",\"name\":\"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions - Sierra Leone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions - Sierra Leone","description":"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions","og_description":"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","og_site_name":"Sierra Leone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions","datePublished":"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Sierra-Leone","Sierra-Leone"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions","name":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions - Sierra Leone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-16T13:38:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-16T13:48:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, United States Embassy staffs have got together to share Ramadan traditions and ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_6-625ac9267e773.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-embassy-staff-in-freetown-feast-together-to-observe-ramadan-traditions#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Embassy Staff in Freetown Feast Together to Observe Ramadan Traditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/","name":"Sierra Leone","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}