When religion is dangerous for your health
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 […]
US to recognise annexation of occupied West Bank, Jordan Valley
Palestinians reject application of Israeli law on occupied WB areas, saying it will shut the door on two-state solution. 28 Apr 2020 The US administration’s Middle East plan would […]
FDA authorizes the drug remdesivir for emergency use in COVID-19 patients
FDA authorizes experimental drug remdesivir for emergency use in COVID-19 patients Source: The Verge The Food and Drug Administration just authorized the emergency use of remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug, […]
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 […]
Remdesivir maker ‘moving very quickly’ with FDA on possible coronavirus use, CEO says
Source: NBC By Elisha Fieldstadt The company thinks it could make millions of treatment courses of remdesivir available by the end of the year if it receives FDA approval, the Gilead […]
Pandemic Has Helped Religious Faith: Atheists Are Appalled
Few Americans say their house of worship is open, but a quarter say their faith has grown amid pandemic Source: Pew Research Center BY CLAIRE GECEWICZ Americans are much more likely […]
Israel Strikes Syria Twice in 24 Hours, State Media Reports
Missiles fired from over the Golan Heights reportedly hit military installations in the Quneitra border area. Later Friday, Israel attacked a Hezbollah weapon depot in Homs, Syrian Observatory for […]
The Story from Northern Netherlands: To Test or Not to Test?
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Coronavirus: North Netherlands stopped following national advice. Here’s what […]
Know your enemy: Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) (CNN) The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading […]
NIGERIA: BREAKING: Court sacks new Kano Emirs, dissolves four Emirates
A Kano High Court on Thursday nullified the creation of four new Emirate Councils in the state by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. While also sacking the Emirs appointed over those Emirates, […]
Decision regarding this year’s Hajj expected by 15th Ramazan: minister
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 […]
No Ahmadi appointed to minority commission, says religion minister
SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal – Posted: Apr 30, 2020 No member of the Ahmadiyya community has been appointed to the minority commission, Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri clarified on […]
UK announces fifth round of rescue flights from India
30 Apr 2020 by Mark Caswell The British High Commission has confirmed plans for seven additional rescue flights to bring stranded British nationals home from India. Several phases of rescue […]
Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It
Source: Aeon Social scientists predicted that belief in the supernatural would drift away as modern science advanced. They were wrong. By Peter Harrison, who is an Australian Laureate Fellow and […]
Xenophobia 2019 data shows racism on the rise in Switzerland
Apr 27, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Experts say discrimination is increasingly taking place in public. (Keystone) Switzerland documented a record 352 cases of discrimination in 2019, reflecting an increase in racist […]
There’s only one way the fight against coronavirus resembles the real wars I’ve witnessed
Johnson and his acolytes will announce victory, but this will be untrue. Britons will still be dying with Covid-19, but their deaths will have become normal Robert Fisk @indyvoices 18 […]
The world has loved, hated and envied the US. Now, for the first time, we pity it
Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump has destroyed the country he promised to make great again Source: The Irish Times Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very […]
PM Abe touts Avigan as COVID-19 treatment despite experts urging caution
Source: KYODO NEWS – Apr 23, 2020 – 12:55 | All, Japan, Coronavirus Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enthusiastically promoted anti-influenza drug Avigan as a possible game-changer in the war against the coronavirus, […]
Australians urged to sign up to tracking app
Source: BBC The Australian government has called on millions more citizens to download the country’s coronavirus contact-tracing app. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said wide usage would be the “ticket” to […]
Israel deems women’s ritual baths essential, leaving some conflicted over virus risk
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 […]