Source: Bloomberg A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to […]
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) Two Canadian doctors of the Sikh faith have made the difficult decision to shave off their beards — a pillar of their faith — to […]
Source: MPR News Minnesota’s Roman Catholic bishops said Wednesday that they will allow Masses to resume next week despite Gov. Tim Walz’s continued prohibition on most religious gatherings. Twin Cities […]
Source: BBC France’s administrative court has ruled that the government must lift a blanket ban on meetings at places of worship within eight days. The ban was put in place […]
By Gregory Lemos and Brian Ries (CNN) A church in Houston has canceled mass indefinitely after one of its priests died and five others subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. […]
From CNN’s Gul Tuysuz Turkey will be under a nationwide four-day curfew for the Eid al-Fitr holiday between May 23-26 as a part of pandemic measures, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal […]
Source: NBC By Mansee Khurana Just this week, the Justice Department got behind a rural Virginia church’s claim that the state improperly discriminated against it by limiting its gatherings. Religious […]
Source: WSJ By Aresu Eqbali in Tehran and Sune Engel Rasmussen in London Worshipers were asked to perform ablution at home, bring their own prayer mats and wear masks Iranians […]
Source: Washington Post By Madiha Afzal, who is a David M. Rubenstein fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of “Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State.” Perform your ablutions at home. Bring your own prayer mats, place them six feet apart. Wear masks. Use the provided hand sanitizer. […]
Source: Quantara By Mohammad Luqman In early February Pakistan reported the first COVID-19 cases in the country. In order to prevent the virus from spreading, Pakistan’s provincial governments imposed various curfews […]
By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor CNN: The coronavirus pandemic has brought out the best and worst aspects of religion. Faith has inspired countless acts of generosity and goodwill while helping […]
Source: SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal – Posted: Apr 11, 2020 | Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri has said that the decision on whether or not this year’s Hajj […]
Source: Washington Post By Ruth Eglash EFRAT, West Bank — As covid-19 spread rapidly in the first weeks of March, Esther grew nervous. It was nearly time for her monthly […]
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Italy’s Roman Catholic Church has reprimanded the government for not allowing the faithful to return to Masses at the start of a gradual staged end to […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: A survey has shown that more […]
Source: Dawn WELL-KNOWN cleric Maulana Tariq Jameel has made a disturbing assertion that Covid-19 has been unleashed on humanity because of the ‘wrongdoing of women’. During a televised prayer, the maulana condemned […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times about Fundamentalism in all Abrahamic Faiths: ‘God Created the Virus. But Now He Has Lost Control.’ ‘God is with […]
Source: NPR By Diaa Hadid, who chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR’s bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a […]
By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH BAHTIM, Egypt (AP) — Every year during Ramadan, the Light of Muhammad Mosque sets up long tables on the street and dishes up free […]
