Mosque and homeless

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/mosque-opens-doors-birmingham-homeless-15780150?fbclid=IwAR0R6aSt7znWDG3AYXav_op19q0R3Rsp0sN4Hh_HxAwZqISW4D2YAWiJuOs

https://www.greenlanemasjid.org/glmcc-opens-its-door-to-the-homeless/

As temperatures drop to below freezing in the winter months, a Mosque in Birmingham has opened its doors to homeless people at night. Green Lane Mosque and community centre has started a 'winter freeze'  project and on the first night 4 homeless people spent the night inside the building. By the third night there were 12 homeless people.

One homeless man who stayed in the mosque is a wheelchair user who describes being so cold in previous nights that he couldn't feel his feet. The mosque also serves food and warm tea to the visitors. Local takeaways and restaurants have been offering free food to support the project.

The mosque says, "Our service supports everyone regardless of race, creed or background. We do not discriminate. People are in need and it's our Islamic duty to help."

What do you see in the picture?
Where is it taken?
What do you think is happening?

- What do you think it feels like to be homeless?
- why is being homeless particularly dangerous for people who have no home?
- what is a mosque? Which religion in the UK uses a mosque?
- why is the mosque opening its doors to homeless people?
- "Our service supports everyone regardless of race, creed or background. We do not discriminate. People are in need and it's our Islamic duty to help" why do they say that? What does it mean?
- Why doesn't the mosque say, "Only Muslims can stay here tonight"?
- What does this show us about Muslims and Islam?
- local takeaways and restaurants are donating free food; what does this show us about people in the UK today?
- what can we learn from the people at this mosque?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

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