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With mosques closed amid pandemic, Muslims celebrate Ramadan with family, helping others
By C. Isaiah Smalls II and Bianca Padró Ocasio, Miami Herald
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Since Muslims can t gather together to celebrate Ramadan, the members of the Islamic Center of Greater Miami created a drive-thru food distribution at their Miami Gardens, Fla., mosque on April 21, 2020. Here, recipients sit in the backseat of a car as food is loaded into the trunk.
MIAMI This Ramadan was supposed to be a special one for Ameen Dalal.
The 12-year-old’s Davie, Fla., parents finally planned to let him fast for the full 29 days, instead of a week or two at a time. Their decision to include him in the fast, which most children don’t begin until they have hit puberty, would bring him a step closer to adulthood. ....

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