Photo: Masjid Shahi Bagh Wali in New Delhi runs a COVID-19 Relief Centre. Photo supplied by Tayyab Ahsan Baksh, trustee of the mosque.

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Muslim groups doing their part to help as India’s COVID deaths pass 300,000


India officially passed the 300,000 mark for COVID-19 deaths on Monday morning (May 24), according to the ministry of health. As the country’s healthcare system continues to buckle under the weight of  the deadly second wave of the pandemic, Muslim organisations are doing their part to provide help.

“The system has failed. People are scared. People are helpless,” Tayyab Ahsan Baksh told Salaam Gateway.

The management graduate with an Islamic finance consulting background has been helping people by providing oxygen cylinders in New Delhi’s Chandni Chowk.

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