Before the pandemic, a group of 6 to 10 Muslims would gather every Tuesday and Thursday evening for 90 minutes at the green-walled Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood in New York City. Every meeting began with a recitation of the Quran followed by a discussion of their addiction to drugs or alcohol.
The participants are taking part in a program known as Islami Milati, which integrates the Islamic faith with borrowed elements from the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous recovery programs to empower Muslims to use spirituality and prayer as part of the broader strategy to beat drug and alcohol addiction.
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