Climate actions: Mitigate, Adapt and Address Loss and Damag

For the second year in a row, hundreds of Muslims observing
Ramadan broke their fast and held taraweeh prayers in New
York’s Times Square.

The weekend event was organised by Muslim social media
influencer SQ, in collaboration with Muslims Giving Back
and Droplets of Mercy.

Dahlia Tarek, who attended with family and friends, said it was important to
provide the space for people to ask questions about Islam in an open and
welcoming environment.

“I think the fact that it’s happening in the [busiest] part of the city is an amazing
thing,” Ms Tarek said.

“I hope it still keeps happening every year because it’s really good and I hope
the population keeps growing.”

Statement regarding Fatih Seferagic’s invitation to lead public taraweeh prayers
in Times Square.

Droplets of Mercy was not made aware of the presence or participation of the
individual in question, nor were we informed of his appointment to lead the
prayer. We would like to emphasize that we have no prior or current connections
with this individual. The individual’s involvement in the event we sponsored was
not known to us.

Our values center around upholding justice. Moving forward, should they be
involved in any future events, our organization wi