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Muslim Charity Spends Holy Month Feeding The Homeless Every Night
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For the past month, over 150 hot meals have been handed out to the public in Manhattan’s Herald Square on a nightly basis.
But it’s not the city’s doing.
Rather, the meals are being cooked and prepared at a mosque in Sunset Park as part of an initiative for Muslims Giving Back [MGB], a volunteer-run food bank and community assistance charity catering to homeless, immigrant and low-income New Yorkers.
“We are here to tackle food insecurity,” Mohammed Widdi, a 32-year-old Palestinian American from Brooklyn and coordinator with MGB, said. “And we re firm believers in faith to action and we re all about adding value to people s lives.”
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NEW YORK (RNS) Umair Saad loved Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and prayer. The Long Island resident would wait for it all year long, excited to sit down with his family to iftar, the meal that breaks the day’s fast at sundown, and to join the crowd at the local mosque to pray the nightly prayers called tarawih, followed by breakfast before sunrise.
But last year, when Ramadan fell during the worst of the pandemic, mosques were closed, crowds were forbidden and restaurants were shuttered. Saad spent it mostly at home. He led the daily prayers while his son led tarawih. He waited for the next year to provide some normalcy, his niece Sara Mohamad told Religion News Service.
Holy days arrive for the faithful
By DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Altar server Samantha Holmes, of East Brookfield, Mass., center, carries a crucifix with palm leaves during a procession at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer, Mass. For Christians across the United States, Easter services will reflect an extra measure of joy as the nation experiences rising optimism after a year of pandemic.
The Rev. William Schipper, left, pastor of Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish, celebrates Palm Sunday Mass on March 28 as parishioners hold palm leaves at the Catholic church in Spencer, Mass. Parishioners wore masks out of concern for the coronavirus.