In a bid to reassure ethnic minority communities about the vaccine, places of worship have been converted into clinics.
![People receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the Al-Abbas Islamic Centre, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre in Birmingham, central England on January 21, 2021 [Darren Staples/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_8ZA2R6.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

London-based freelance journalist Tasnim Nazeer was awarded The Muslim News Award for Excellence in Media 2013. She is a UN Universal Peace Federation... Ambassador for Peace.
In a bid to reassure ethnic minority communities about the vaccine, places of worship have been converted into clinics.
![People receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the Al-Abbas Islamic Centre, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre in Birmingham, central England on January 21, 2021 [Darren Staples/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_8ZA2R6.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
From making PPE and delivering food to donating sanitiser and setting up temporary morgues, UK Muslims are mobilising.

The Muslim refugees in India can now document their life stories in a comic book, thanks to two Delhi-based non-profits.
![Asmat Ullat, 12, putting helping to put up a poster of his comic “My Dream” [Tasnim Nazeer/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/218fa1db752c454c804b71134ed84450_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In bid to preserve identity, gift packages with books, food and decorations sent to Muslim children in foster care.

Since violence erupted, allegations have surfaced that security forces are failing to arrest perpetrators of attacks.

Spate of recent mosque and Muslim-business attacks blamed on hard-line Buddhist leader who is now on the run.

Engagement2030 campaign in more than 125 locations worldwide aims to dispel myths and build interfaith understanding.

New UK social media campaign uses artwork to condemn violence and halt recruitment by the hardline group.
