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Ramadan in New York under coronavirus lockdown: Muslims eat, pray and prepare to donate food

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Ramadan in New York under coronavirus lockdown: Muslims eat, pray and prepare to donate food

Ramadan in New York under coronavirus lockdown: Muslims eat, pray and prepare to donate food

Muslims Giving Back, a charitable organization based out of Brooklyn, New York, gives out halal food to Muslims and hungry folk in Bay Ridge on Saturday evening in preparation to break their daily fast.

The group of volunteers went to the mosque afterwards to eat, pray and pack boxes of food as well as supplies for refugees, which they also deliver.

After this they travel to the city to hand food out to needy people in Midtown.


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