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The vaccination has no nutritional value and does not contain any animal products. This means that anyone who is fasting for Ramadan will not be breaking their fast by having the vaccine. Dr Waheed Abassi, GP in Stoke-on-Trent and a Clinical Director for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups said that there was nothing the Quran to stop people having the jab. “I wish you a safe and healthy Ramadan,” said Dr Abassi. “We have a duty to preserve life and getting vaccinated is the most effective way to prevent illness and loss of life from Covid-19. “To reassure the Muslim community, the British Islamic Medical Association has reviewed the analysis of Islamic scholars and confirmed that having the vaccine does not invalidate the fast.
Dorking Mosque fights vaccine hesitancy with volunteer-run mobile clinic A hosting from a faith association provides communities with further assurance about vaccines
Volunteer medical staff in the mosque-turned-clinic, waiting for the first patient (Image: Dorking Mosque)
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Dorking Mosque has reached out to its community with a pop-up vaccine centre to encourage vaccine uptake, just days before Muslims were due to start observing Ramadan.
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