

At the Karimia centre, there's a sense of community and people use it as their own information outlet." He explained: "The pandemic was strange and people were dying to come back as congregational prayer is better than praying by yourself. He told Nottinghamshire Live how during the pandemic, all services were put online for all those that use the community centre, adding how '"a lot of families were scared". Throughout the pandemic, Mr Belim said the Karimia Institute supported local communities during lockdown andstaff tried to encourage others to get vaccinated. Mr Belim said some of these areas are known to be "deprived areas with families of low income and poor social mobility".
