The 2015 Refugee Crisis Was Actually a Boon for Europe
Source: Foreign Affairs As the EU Scrambles to Halt the Next Wave, Here’s What Happened to the Last One By Paul Hockenos March 19, 2020 On the border between Greece […]
Virus Soars Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews as Many Flout Israel’s Rules
Source: New York Times Failure to comply with government restrictions is causing the coronavirus to spread in ultra-Orthodox communities up to eight times faster than elsewhere in Israel. By David […]
Police arrest Florida pastor for violating public health social distancing and holding service
Florida megachurch pastor arrested for breaching Covid-19 health order Source: The Guardian Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne decries ‘discrimination against religion’ after refusing to restrict services Florida officials have arrested the pastor […]
Ireland: Confirmed cases of coronavirus halves
Source: The Guardian Rory Carroll Encouraging news from Ireland, where the daily growth rate in confirmed cases of coronavirus has halved and the country appears to have avoided an unmitigated […]
‘Immunity passports’ could speed up return to work after Covid-19
Source: The Guardian By Kate Proctor, Ian Sample and Philip Oltermann German researchers studying how lockdown restrictions could be lifted for some people “Immunity passports” for key workers could be a way of […]
NY Doctor Claims 100% Success for His Cocktail for Coronavirus
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) NY Doctor Successfully Treats Patients With Drug Cocktail: “Zero […]
Rumi: The Meeting Point of the East and the West
Epigraph: “Out beyond the ideas of right-doing and wrongdoing, there is a field I will meet you there. It’s the world full of things to talk about.” Rumi Written and […]
President Trump invited to Islam by Dr. Koya
In keeping with the wise advice in the Holy Quran, I have the pleasure of inviting our President Mr. Donald Trump to Islam. There’s little difference between Christians and Muslims, […]
Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure
Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure Source:Asia Times By Pepe Escobar The French government is arguably helping Big Pharma profit from the Covid-19 pandemic What’s going […]
FDA issues emergency authorization of anti-malaria drug for coronavirus care
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Politico The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday […]
Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound suspended
Source: Swiss info JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended starting Monday and until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of […]
US could see millions of coronavirus cases and 100,000 or more deaths, Fauci says
Washington (CNN) The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that based on models, the United States could eventually see 100,000 or more deaths from the novel coronavirus, which has […]
Advice from Czech Republic: Use Masks in Public
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]
The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal
Source: Atlantic The new coronavirus has brought American life to a near standstill, closing businesses, canceling large gatherings, and keeping people at home. All of those people must surely be […]
Bill Gates Donates 100 Million to Coronavirus Research
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation […]
Spain has 838 Deaths in 24 Hours
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) BBC Updates about Covid 19: UK PM […]
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
USA: 15-minute coronavirus test is here
FDA authorizes 15-minute coronavirus test By Arman Azad (CNN) Federal health officials on Friday approved a coronavirus test that can provide results in less than 15 minutes, using the same […]
Washington Post: Turkey’s political Islam?
(Repost by Dr. H. Koya ) Opinion | In Turkey, political Islam is getting in the way of rational health policy With its huge budget and staff, the decisions made by […]
Pakistan struggles to limit Islamic prayers to stem coronavirus
Source: Swiss Info By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities struggled to limit congregational prayers on Friday with devout Muslims defying government orders to stay home, threatening efforts to […]
From Xinjiang to Germany: how did Islamophobia become a global phenomenon? Faisal Devji
Source: The Guardian By Faisal Devji, who is professor of history at the University of Oxford The term itself was coined in the 1990s, an era defined by the end […]
Tesla donates hundreds of ventilators to New York
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC Elon Musk has promised to provide New […]
WSJ: Corona Mortality, Real and Perceived
Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say? Source: WSJ Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude. By Eran Bendavid and Jay […]
Coronavirus teaches us once again: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Covid-19 self-test could allow return to work, say health officials
Source: The Guardian NHS England medical director tells MPs tests may be available within a couple of weeks By Sarah Boseley and Julia Kollewe Self-testing at home to find out […]
Bill Gates About Coronavirus Pandemic on CNN
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Corona Fear’s Cure: Chanting from the Bible and the Quran UK coronavirus mass home testing to be made available ‘within days’ […]
PM Justin Trudeau’s Video: Covid 19 Update for the Canadians
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Corona Fear’s Cure: Chanting from the Bible and the Quran UK coronavirus mass home testing to be made available ‘within days’ […]
Billionaire Bill Gates’ daughter to marry Muslim millionaire
Source: Siasat NEW DELHI: Bill Gates eldest daughter Jennifer Katharine Gates, has announced her engagement to Egyptian Muslim. Katharine, 23, daughter of one of the richest personality in the world […]
5,000 Volunteers Sign up for Coronavirus Vaccine Trial in China’s Wuhan City
Source:News 18 Around 5,000 people have signed up for the phase I clinical trial of recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine in Chinese city Wuhan where the virus first emerged late last […]
How the coronavirus could change America’s religion of sports
(RNS) — More than 90 years ago, on a cold and stormy December night in Kansas, a Christian minister named Charles Sheldon walked into a crowded gymnasium to take in […]
Johnson & Johnson Predicts Corona Vaccine Within 12 Months
J&J’s Chief Scientific Officer predicts vaccinations against coronavirus within 12 months Source: Yahoo Finance By Adam Shapiro Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Paul Stoffels says the pharmaceutical giant is […]
Most people think of ‘the pope,’ not ‘God,’ when they hear ‘Catholic’
Source: Catholic News Agency Washington D.C., Mar 18, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- When asked about Catholicism, most people think of the pope, according to a newly released survey from […]
Joel Osteen’s Video: Enlarging the Circle of Love
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism […]
UK coronavirus mass home testing to be made available ‘within days’
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: The Guardian By Sarah Boseley, who is […]
Gunmen attack gurdwara in Afghanistan, massacre 25 worshippers
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and of infinite value, killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Economic Times KABUL: At least 25 worshippers were killed […]
Prince Charles 71 Years Old, Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Source: CNN Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II’s son and the first in line to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus and is now self-isolating in Scotland. Here’s the statement from Clarence House: […]
Coronavirus: Giuseppe Berardelli among 50 priests killed
Source: BBC An Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know has died of the disease. Father Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, died in hospital […]
Blindness among some people of faith
By Dr. Mike Ghouse, who is a Public Speaker, thinker, author, business consultant, organizer, newsmaker, and an interfaith wedding officiant. He is deeply committed to Religious Freedom, Human Rights, and […]
Why I Remember President Truman on a Regular Basis
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times First published in January, 2013 Since the collapse of USSR, the President of USA, may be considered to […]
Car-makers To Churn Out Ventilators
Coronavirus: Car-makers answer pleas to make medical supplies Source: BBC Car firms are answering calls from governments to help make more ventilators and face masks to help out during the […]
Praise be to God for the Miracle of Our Immune System
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The total worldwide mortality due to Covid 19 is 16,500 at the time of the writing of this […]
WSJ Talks About Hydroxychloroquin (Plaquenil) for Covid 19
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) These Drugs Are Helping Our Coronavirus Patients Source: […]
Good News from South Korea about Covid 19
Source: BBC South Korea has reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since infection rates peaked four weeks ago, fuelling hope Asia’s worst outbreak outside China may be abating. […]
In China, Only One Child Died Less than 20 Years of Age, Due to Covid 19
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life, it will be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CNN By Amara Walker, Alta Spells and Melissa Alonso, […]
Nurse Areema Nasreen, 36, fights for life in Walsall hospital after contracting coronavirus
Source: Telegraph UK Mother of three Areema Nasreen has worked at the hospital, in which she is now a patient, for 16 years A staff nurse in a Walsall hospital […]
Merkel goes into quarantine after meeting doctor with coronavirus
Source: The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel will self-isolate at home after being treated by a doctor who has since tested positive for coronavirus. Following a press conference on Sunday, the […]
Twelve Famous Scientists On The Possibility Of God
The Muslim Times has the most extensive and the best collection on the theme of Religion & Science Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor When President Barack […]
Australia to close pubs, cafes and places of worship
Source: BBC Australia is shutting down non-essential services as coronavirus cases rise rapidly in the country. Pubs, clubs, gyms, cinemas and places of worship will be shut from midday on […]
The Movie ‘The Physician’ and the Muslim Heritage
The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon.[3] The film, co-written and directed by Philipp Stölzl, focuses on an orphan from an 11th-century English […]
Reflections from Ground Zero — Wuhan by a Pakistani student
Source: Dawn By Swaibah Bilal Studying at Wuhan University, a Pakistani shares the events that unfolded at the epicentre of the pandemic at the start of the year It was […]
Church selling ‘plague protection kits’ for £91
By Tess de la Mare, PA A faith healer has been accused of “exploiting” people’s anxiety about the coronavirus crisis by selling a “plague protection kit” for £91. Bishop Climate […]
India manhunt after Islamic gathering becomes virus hotspot
Source: Dawn A large religious gathering of the Tableeghi Jamaat in New Delhi has sparked a manhunt across India for suspected coronavirus cases after being linked to dozens of infections and several deaths. The gathering emerged as one of India’s major virus hotspots after thousands flocked to an Islamic religious […]
Kids are regurgitating Brexit hate – it’s time they finally heard the truth about immigration
Young people want to be able to understand how the past relates to the present day. We owe it to them to be honest, writes Beki Martin The prejudicial […]
I’m a medic on a rescue ship in Italy – right now, authorities are using coronavirus as an excuse to let migrants die
Despite the pandemic, non-assistance and deliberate delays have become the new norm in Maltese and Italian rescues zones, causing more disappearances and deaths, both at sea and in Libya Valeria […]
Some ultra-Orthodox Jews are ignoring Israel’s coronavirus rules, despite a warning to ‘wake up!’
Source: CNN The mourners gathered by the hundreds, packed tightly on to the evening streets of Bnei Brak. There was no social distancing — no two meters between them — as they made their way down the roads of this ultra-Orthodox town near Tel Aviv for the Saturday night funeral […]
Plan to train repentant Boko Haram insurgents illogical, unthinkable –Alatoye, Ahmadiyya National Head
Published March 28, 2020 National Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Alatoye, talks about religious harmony, Boko Haram insurgency, insecurity and other issues with SIMON UTEBOR What […]
First public Azaan recited yesterday in Spain in 500 years? Azaan has been Banned in Spain
We could not confirm the authenticity of this claim, about Azaan, but we do hope and pray that it will come true at least in near future and we want […]
Spanish princess becomes first royal to die from coronavirus
Source: CNN Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal in the world to die from coronavirus, according to a statement from her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique. The princess, a distant cousin of King Felipe VI, was 86 and died in Paris on Thursday, her brother said. Her […]
Migrant workers sprayed with disinfectant in one Indian state
Source: CNN Kumar, who is the highest-ranking district official in the city, added that workers affected by the incident are currently under medical surveillance following instructions from the chief medical officer. Tens of thousands of India’s 45 million economic migrant workers have been making a long, arduous journeys back to […]
What are the reasons why Europe does not want to return the over 400,000 pieces of stolen African art?
Nii Ntreh | Staff Writer December 02, 2019 In its relationship with Africa, even after slavery and the slave trade, Europe has provably been moved by a certain paternalism, […]
Mosques face up to pandemic as Friday prayers bring coronavirus risk
Mar 20, 2020 – By Yuddy Cahya, Umit Bektas and Abdi Sheikh JAKARTA/ISTANBUL/MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The coronavirus stopped communal Muslim prayers for the first time in living memory in […]
International Justice: Hopes rising that war criminals will be brought to court
By Julia Crawford Mar 30, 2020 An alleged Liberian war criminal is expected to be tried at Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court later this year. (Keystone) With Switzerland’s first international war crimes trial in a non-military court expected to take place in coming months, Swiss NGO TRIAL International says such […]
Religious extremists are making the coronavirus pandemic even worse
Whether in the Iranian shrine city of Qom or the Bible Belt of the United States, the zealots are even claiming they hold the cure to the pandemic, writes Borzou […]
Coronavirus: Thai king self-isolates in Alpine hotel with harem of 20 women amid pandemic
Tens of thousands of Thais risk breaking law to criticise him online Source: Independent Thailand’s controversial king has been self-isolating in a luxury hotel in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with his entourage. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, is said to have booked out the entire […]
