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initiatives including feeding the homeless, blood donation drives, working with refugees and food collection drives for local food banks. "Visit My Mosque day" in 2018 saw more than 200 mosques take part in the initiative, under the theme "Open Doors | Open
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places of worship to uphold an open door policy at least once a year also. Visit My Mosque day is reported widely in the national and international press. Mosques from
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