NEW YORK -- Advocates for Muslim asylum seekers in New York City claim shelters housing them are disproportionately underserved, especially as they need to fast for Ramadan. It should be a time for peaceful reflection on the holy days, but it's not at the Bellerose shelter in Queens. 'We need help. Really, really, really need help,' said Abdoulaye Bah. Bah, from Guinea, West Africa, has been in the U.S. for seven months.
Before being asked by security to come back to the shelter Friday, a group of asylum seekers came out to show they're wearing the same clothes and shoes they arrived with. Advocate Kabir Javaid shared how he's seen the city respond to requests to have religious groups step in to help, as others have with shelters that don't predominantly house Muslims. 'When the Muslim organizations ask them, 'Hey, make us the same, give us the same credentials as Catholic Charities,' ...