I wish a blessed and joyful Eid al-Fitr to all our Muslim friends and neighbours as you mark the end of this Ramadan, this month of fasting and prayer.
The conversations with young Muslims around the world were fascinating, as we explored many shared themes of how we pray and fast during a time of lockdown.
But their commitment to be alert over most of Ramadan – to stay at home, to protect the NHS and to save lives – is fundamentally a commitment of faith, of obedience to God.
And I so look forward to the time when our fasting from physical gatherings ends and we begin to go out into the world and meet face to face.
My prayer is that, having fasted from meeting in person, we may renew our love for each other by working together for the common good, for the blessing of our country and our world.
