Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, or the central tenets of the faith. “A lot of them work as taxi drivers, so they see a lot of people,” Abdulhaq said. But few of them had online donation systems set up when the pandemic hit. “You cannot extricate Ramadan from the concept of solidarity and the idea and the practice of community,” Mamdani said. Islam has not seen his family during the holy month because he has been isolating at his apartment in Sunnyside, Queens.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2020 15:00 UTC