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Ramadan drives donations, memberships to giving circles


Ramadan drives donations, memberships to giving circles
HALELUYA HADERO, AP Business Writer
May 14, 2021
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People participate in an Eid al-Fitr ceremony in Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Thursday, May 13, 2021. Millions of Muslims across the world are marking a muted and gloomy holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.Seth Wenig/AP
Sahina Islam can still recall the day when she heard an elderly Pakistani couple got kicked out of their New York City home by their son-in-law and were sitting near John F. Kennedy International Airport, stranded and with nowhere to go. The incident led Islam and five friends to help the couple find a place to stay and more generosity followed. ....

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Haleluya Hadero
People participate in an Eid al-Fitr ceremony in Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Thursday, May 13, 2021. Millions of Muslims across the world are marking a muted and gloomy holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
May 14, 2021 - 11:59 AM
Sahina Islam can still recall the day when she heard an elderly Pakistani couple got kicked out of their New York City home by their son-in-law and were sitting near John F. Kennedy International Airport, stranded and with nowhere to go. The incident led Islam and five friends to help the couple find a place to stay and more generosity followed. ....

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Giving while Muslim: How Ramadan philanthropy has changed from 9/11 to COVID-19


Giving while Muslim: How Ramadan philanthropy has changed from 9/11 to COVID-19
Twenty years after 9/11, American Muslims’ giving priorities have shifted to funding civil rights and social justice movements at home.
Worshippers, socially distanced due to COVID-19 concerns, bow in prayer at the Islamic Society of Boston during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, April 16, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 5, 2021
(RNS) In Ramadan, Muslims famously join in fasting. But this holy month on the lunar calendar, which this year falls between April 12 and May 12, is also a time of charitable giving through acts known as zakat and sadaqa. There is a hadith ....

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