The story behind Muslim COVID-19 data

MAHMOOD SANGLAY

DID you know that there are records of Muslims killed in Auschwitz during the Holocaust? We are generally familiar with the record of 313 Muslims who battled the Quraish at Badr (on Ramadaan 17, 2 AH) and that 14 of them were martyred.

The narratives of these two independent historic records have one thing in common: the collection and preservation of data. Muslim Stats SA (MSSA), launched in March this year, references these two disparate historic events in their informal manifesto, which motivates the collection of data on Muslim deaths due to COVID-19.

MSSA is in the process of registering as an NPO and is part of a team of specialists collecting and interpreting the data on Muslim COVID-19 deaths.