British Muslims to #PrayForHeroes just days before Ramadan

Pray For Heroes on Thursday 16 April

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), the UK’s largest Muslim youth group will be showing support to Covid-19 heroes across the country in by joining together in prayer tomorrow.

As 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide prepare for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, more than 6,000 young British Muslims will take a moment of pause this Thursday to pray for and show their gratitude to the NHS, fire brigade, police, council and voluntary workers on the front line against COVID-19.

The young Muslims hope that the public at large will join them at 7pm this Thursday by putting their hands together to pray and share messages of support using the hashtag #PrayForHeroes.

Over the past month, AMYA has been supporting those on the front line and vulnerable members of the public through a number of campaigns, including: assisting 600 NHS staff with food packages and PPE supplies; supplying 2,698 households with food parcels and medicine and establishing 25 foodbanks across the UK.

Overseeing the relief efforts is Dr. Anas Rana, who said: "In addition to helping thousands of households, AMYA has had the opportunity to now support 20 local councils, 23 charities and numerous food banks in addition to the ones we run.

"To streamline the help we can offer, we set up a hotline and email for those in need of help to reach us directly, which are: 0333 880 6619 or help@khuddam.co.uk"

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