Muslims across Greater Sydney have been urged by authorities to celebrate the Eid religious festival at home.
For many families in his community, the pain of separation is felt strongest during what should be a joyous period.
"But I always say in our message to the community: 'always prove you are a strong community, you are a resilient community'. So let's do it together. Let's unite and get through this pandemic."The Lakemba Mosque would usually welcome tens of thousands over this period, but instead Mr Alameddine says numbers inside the building will be limited to just two to three people.
His plans for an in-person gathering to mark the occasion have been replaced with online celebrations. "We're going to be doing a zoom breakfast with our extended family. We'll be doing online pass the parcel and things like that."For Halal butchers, the lockdowns have posed their own unique challenges."This year, it's a bit slow. There is now no party, no festival, they can’t celebrate with their families, so they didn’t do too much orders for Qurbani ," said Mr Khaled, the manager of Akar Halal Meats.
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