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Farid Ali is part of the management committee and the facilities manager at Swansea Mosque, and he was delighted to welcome Peart-Harris and Abdulai into the heart of his community.

“It’s absolutely fantastic for Myles and Azeem to visit the mosque but, more than that, to engage with the community here,” said Ali.

“A lot of our community and especially the children, love football, love Swansea City, so for them to come and see the players they look up to in their local mosque, is fantastic.

“We’ve had conversations about how the community works here and the mosque itself. It’s been great to tell them about the way the community has been here for a very long time in Swansea. 

“The mosque has been in its current configuration since 2017. It’s a very large mosque, one of the largest in Wales, we have a congregation of around 2,000 people walking through the building every single week.

“We provide a lot of services such as our food bank, clothes bank and a baby bank (providing infant clothing, toys and food), which we support the community with, so we’re really proud to show the players that.

"We want to have a positive working relationship with the football club so we can help our congregation understand how the community operates and how they can link in.

"We want to establish how our community can take part in football and that’s very important to us.”