Guidance issued for Ramadan under UK lockdown
Source: Arab News Ramadan is usually a vibrant and social time for large communities to come together. (Social media) Mosques across the country had already been adapting to the pandemic […]
Homeless taste ‘luxury’ at Geneva hotel during pandemic
By AFP – Apr 21,2020 -JORDAN TIMES The hotel has taken in some of the city’s unaccompanied minor migrants to help them off the streets during the pandemic (AFP photo) […]
This Ramadan, even non-Muslims can help their friends and neighbours through kindness and compassion
The coronavirus pandemic did not stop us from sharing our Easter, Passover, Vaisakhi and other faith greetings, says Rabina Khan. We can do the same for Muslim families This Ramadan, […]
Yesterday, Jews were demonised for spreading disease. Today, it’s Muslims
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 6 days ago In countries like India and Israel Muslims are being scapegoated for the spread of Covid-19. When the Black Plague ravaged Europe in the middle of the 14th Century, killing roughly 50 percent of those infected and one-third of the continent’s […]
French prof sparks furor with lab leak claim
Source: AT A theory put forward by French professor Luc Montagnier — award-winning co-discoverer of the AIDS virus but also mocked by some colleagues for some outrageous theories — has sparked a scientific firestorm. According to the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, a man used to controversy, the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
Austrian Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Wilhelm Ott Converts to Islam
Ott said the coronavirus crisis helped him find his faith. By Safaa Kasraoui Apr 19, 2020 Rabat – Austrian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Wilhelm Ott announced his conversion to […]
Dolphins reconquer Istanbul’s historic peninsula
As citizens enter their second weekend of lockdown, Turkey’s maritime denizens continue to enjoy a significant decrease in sea traffic in the country’s biggest city. Dolphins were seen by […]
Western governments are sorely underestimating how dependent they are on China
Editorial: On some measures, the country is now the world’s largest economy and can also be fairly ranked as a military superpower @IndyVoices Independent Premium As the formal but ill-defined prime ministerial stand-in, Dominic Raab has sometimes appeared hesitant to take the kind of decisions that only prime ministers can […]
Using alcohol to cope with coronavirus lockdown is exposing our class divides
Alcohol is ‘unhelpful coping strategy’ for coronavirus lockdown says WHO Alcohol is the most accessible that we can self-medicate with, and repeat prescriptions are always available. But now detox is […]
How Istanbul won back its crown as heart of the Muslim world
Source: The Guardian By Bethan McKernan While Turkey stands accused of domestic repression, its largest city is increasingly seen as a beacon for the persecuted A ruined yali, or Bosphorus […]
Mohammed Bin Salman’s Newcastle takeover is immoral and reflects badly on football
COLUMN: Saudi Arabia have an awful human rights record but deputy prime minister Bin Salman’s takeover bid has been accepted with scarcely any question or objection ByStan Collymore 09:04, […]
More than a billion Muslims anticipate ‘sad and quiet’ Ramadan in coronavirus isolation
Erwin Renaldi and Max Walden Posted about 2 hours ago Some 1.8 billion Muslims around the globe will celebrate the most important month of the Islamic calendar very differently this […]
World War C Presents A Host Of Challenges For Central Asia
16th April 2020 – ONE WORLD GLOBAL THINK TANK Central Asia is at risk of collapse if the socio-economic consequences of World War C aren’t addressed after much-needed remittance flows from Russia were abruptly cut off as a result of that country’s emergency quarantine measures, which in turn could inadvertently […]
In this war against the virus who is the real enemy? Government, police or is it us?
Whether it’s the number of deaths, the amount of PPE or the rates of testing, Johnson is about as sloppy with the facts as he was over Brexit. Robert Fisk […]
Cyprus imam revives island’s historic Islamic sites
Bangladeshi muezzin Ahmad Sahal reads the Quran at the Omeriye mosque, originally the medieval Augustinian monastery of Saint Marie, in Nicosia. AFP By AFP – April 16, 2020 @ […]
Scheme for EU citizens to stay in UK draws 3.4m applications
Government close to target figure, but researchers still fear citizens may be missed out The Home Office has received 3.4m applications from people seeking to stay in the UK after […]
Russia is about to face its biggest test yet in Syria
Assad has been loyal to Putin, and Putin to Assad, but the Syrian people are growing poorer by the day Robert Fisk @indyvoices 17 hours ago An American reader tired […]
Can we make the world a better place after coronavirus?
Turkey sent planeloads of medical supplies to the United Kingdom to help hard-hit medics in their fight against the novel coronavirus. A Turkish military cargo plane carrying emergency equipment departed […]
Charges brought against Islamic State operator in Switzerland
14th April 2020 http://www.swissinfo.ch An Iraqi man accused of operating in Switzerland as a recruiter and trafficker for the Islamic State has been formally charged by the Office of the […]
Germany Calls 14000 Syrian Refugee Doctors to Help Tackle Coronavirus
Germany calls on migrant medics to help tackle coronavirus Source: The Guardian By Kate Connolly in Berlin Country has 14,000 Syrian refugee doctors waiting for qualifications to be approved Coronavirus […]