On Monday, Molineux hosted the club’s second Iftar Feast with the Pack, celebrating faith and culture with players, staff, supporters and the local community.
March and April are special months of the year for different religions, including the period of Ramadan for the Muslim community, and on Monday that was celebrated with the sharing of a feast and the breaking of fast known as Iftar – the meal eaten after sunset for those fasting.
To mark the occasion, 220 people of different backgrounds, ages, professions and beliefs were in attendance at Molineux, with nearly half visiting Wolves’ home for the first time.
The open invitation was extended in the spirit of sharing and learning more about the different cultures and tastes that make up the city and football club, inviting supporters, interfaith networks, players and staff and their families to a unique event to embrace Ramadan with the sharing of an Iftar Feast with the Pack.
In 2021, Wolves became one of the first clubs to sign the Muslim Athlete Charter, marking the beginning of a journey for professional sporting organisations to adopt good practice and better understand the needs of Muslim sporting professionals and fans. Wolves currently have 16 Muslim players across the men’s and women’s first-team and academy, and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Layla Banaras, practising Muslim themselves, attended the feast.
Other representatives included from the club’s Equality Advisory Group, West Midlands Combined Authority, the City of Wolverhampton Council and the University of Wolverhampton along with attendance from supporter groups including Molineux Connects and Punjabi Wolves.
