British public turn to prayer as one in four tune in to religious services
Source: The Guardian Young people lead resurgence of faith, and Vicar of Dibley tops a poll as the best screen priest to lead nation through the crisis A quarter of […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
New Intermittent Fasting Program Shown to Suppress Cancer and Metabolic Disease in Mice and Humans
Source: Good News Network By Andy Corbley – As scientists become more and more fascinated by the surprising health benefits of fasting, yet another intriguing new study emphasizes the importance […]
Mississauga amends noise bylaw to allow call to prayer
Source: Toronto Sun By Joe Warmington That just may have been a traditional call of the minaret you heard in Mississauga at sundown Wednesday. Mississauga mosques will have similar sounds […]
We are all niqabis now: Coronavirus masks reveal hypocrisy of face covering bans
Source: The Conversation By Katherine Bullock Grey’s Anatomy, the longest running prime-time medical drama on U.S. television, contains many scenes of doctors and nurses in full gear (hospital scrubs, […]
Face masks become popular in countries where face veils are banned
Source: TRT World As the world looks for ways to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become commonplace in France and other countries that restrict face veils. The wearing […]
Covid-19 and Islamophobia: Hope both pandemics get a permanent cure
The word they use for non-Muslim Terrorists is “Shooter” and the Terrorist Tag has been exclusively reserved for Muslims Source: Ummid By Shah Hussain In August 2006, on a sweaty […]
Coronavirus alert: Rare syndrome seen in UK children
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts An urgent alert sent out to GPs said that intensive care departments in London and other parts of the UK have been treating severely sick […]
Canadians Share Why They Did Or Didn’t Remove A Parent From A Care Home
Source: The Huffington Post By Al Donato Here’s how two Ontarians answered, “Should I bring my parent home?” “Please don’t let her get sick when she can’t see me.” Tara […]
Who was Gabriel Wortman, the denturist behind the Nova Scotia mass shooting?
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
A Great Early Muslim Woman: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya
Source: Patheos by Dan Peterson I’m beginning to write up a brief introductory discussion of the great early Muslim mystic Rābiʿa al-‘Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya. In order to do so, I’m drawing […]
A virus that hits all faiths tests religion’s tie to science
Source: The Washington Post By Elana Schor and Mariam Fam | AP Tanzania’s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel’s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by […]
Having Faith: How Religion Is Helping People Cope With Coronavirus
Faith communities are uniquely positioned to support people and foster resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: The National Post By Andrea Paras Faith communities play an important role in people’s […]
Two potential COVID-19 treatments could be deadly when combined with metformin
Source: Diabetes.co.UK By Mike Watts Two drugs which have been linked with treating coronavirus could be deadly when combined with metformin, researchers have said. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are […]
No return to ‘normality’ until coronavirus vaccine is available, Trudeau says
Source: Global News By Beatrice Britneff Canadians won’t be able to return to life as they knew it before the novel coronavirus pandemic until a vaccine is available, Prime Minister […]
Ireland’s Prime Minister Is Reregistering As A Doctor To Fight Coronavirus
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who has a background in medicine, “wanted to help out even in a small way.” Source: Huff Post By Curtis M. Wong Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar […]
One chart shows how long the coronavirus lives on surfaces like cardboard, plastic, wood, and steel
Source: MSN By Aylin Woodward,Shayanne Gal The new coronavirus typically spreads via droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The droplets carry viral particles and can land on someone […]
German state financial minister kills himself over coronavirus ‘despair’
Source: New York Post By Jackie Salo A German state finance minister took his own life after expressing “despair” over how to handle the economic fallout from coronavirus, an official […]
Widespread isolation and stopping all human interaction will not eradicate COVID-19
Current strategies prevent the development of immunity among the population Source: The Washington Times By Scott W. Atlas Evidence-based, rational public policy is urgently needed, now more than ever, as […]
‘Wartime’ coronavirus powers could hurt our democracy – without keeping us safe
Source: The Guardian By Cas Mudde- a Guardian US columnist and the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor in the school of public and international affairs at the University of Georgia […]
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 […]