WASHINGTON — As the House’s day wound to a close on Monday, a sumptuous feast was being laid out in the Capitol Visitor Center. Dates, spiced rice, baked pumpkin, salad and fruit — and cans of whipped cream for sundaes. It was all prepared for an iftar, the meal eaten each night after sunset to break fast during Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, and it was the first one hosted on Capitol Hill by three Muslim members of Congress. For Representatives André Carson of Indiana, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, all Democrats, it was a historic moment: being able to break their fasts with colleagues and take pride in their faith.

Source: New York Times May 21, 2019 04:30 UTC