Just last week I was enjoying the beautiful sunshine at the Lincolnshire showground along with 2000 + people at Living Islam. If you've not heard of Living Islam before, it's a 3-4 day camp aimed at Muslim families with the purpose of educating and entertaining people of all ages. There's not much out there for British Muslim families in the way of resorts, and so Living Islam fills that gap. It's organised by the Islamic Society of Britain every few years and this year's timing was perfect, finishing the day before Ramadan and getting us prepared for the month of fasting to follow.
This is a little late then I planned but here are some pictures from last week at Living Islam:
This is the show ground where it took place- it was huge! This pic was taken before anyone had arrived.
And this was our accommodation for 3 nights :) A city of tents.
ISB were the organisers.
This is Big Top, where all the evening entertainment and major talks took place.
The outdoor prayer area.
There was a bazaar with stalls of hijabs, books, jewellery etc.
After Jum'ah there was an airshow with the Areostars Air Display team. They were incredible-I can't count how many times I thought they were going to crash. Amazingly they never did :)
Katie Piper, who starred in channel 4's 'My Beautiful Friends' payed a visit. She established the
Katie Piper Foundation to support victim of acid burn attacks. This is her website:
http://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/
BBC Lincolnshire dropped by to do some
interviews
Ajmal Masroor hosted all the evening events.
The Sound of Reason performed...
Watched by crowds of excited girls
There was a stunning firework display on Friday night
Amazing Qur'an recitation
And never a shortage of food!
Living Islam at Night.
All these pictures were taken from the Islamic Society of Britain's Facebook group. If you'd like to see them all visit
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=657562834#!/BritIslam
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