Travel in a war zone. Travel in a pandemic zone.
By Refiq Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In my past professional life I used to commute from Amman / Jordan to Baghdad / Iraq during the war […]
What can Avicenna teach us in time of Coronavirus?
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
US scientists seek answers to Bali’s Covid-19 secret
US Centers for Disease Control plans to study Indonesian tourist island’s mysterious success in eluding the pandemic By JOHN MCBETHJUNE 19, 2020 A Balinese Hindu wears a face mask while presenting offerings during the Penebusan Gering Lara Malaradan ceremony amid the spread of coronavirus outbreak at Dalem Kahyangan Temple in Denpasar, […]
Muslims, Jews have higher COVID death rate, UK figures indicate
LONDON (Reuters) – The death rate from COVID-19 in England and Wales is higher among people who identify as Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Sikh than Christians or those with […]
UK Muslim leaders urge mosques to remain closed until congregational prayers can resume
Source: Arab News Muslim leaders have urged the government to release clear guidelines to protect the safety of their congregations LONDON: Muslim leaders in England have called for mosques to […]
Isis and al-Qaeda set to profit from Covid-19 as lockdowns and aid shortages makes Sahel communities ‘an easy target’
Violent instability in the Sahel means millions need international aid – but lockdowns are stifling the efforts of aid workers. And an economic standstill creates opportunities for jihadis, as Borzou […]
History: Fast and lethal, the Black Death spread more than a mile per day
Roughly one out of three people died as this medieval plague quickly travelled along European trade routes, devastating communities along the way. Friday, 24 April 2020 By Antoni Virgili […]
One in 10 Covid-19 patients with diabetes die within a week, study finds
(CNN) One in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe, according to a new study […]
450k Umrah pilgrims sent back home amid pandemic
Over 60,000 pilgrims were sent back to their home countries through special flights during the five-day Eid holiday. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/vgbft Around 1,500 pilgrims, who were stranded in the country, also left in April. JEDDAH: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah facilitated the return of as many as 450,000 […]
Requiring face masks to fight COVID-19 while upholding niqab bans shows irony lost on leaders ǀ View
By Marco Perolini Opinions expressed in View articles are solely those of the authors. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised people who […]
Soldiers, police enforce Indonesia’s ‘new normal’ coronavirus restrictions
May 26, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday to […]
Chinese Virologist Warns Coronavirus Is ‘Just Tip Of The Iceberg’
Source: Forbes By Tommy Beer; Forbes Staff TOPLINE Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said in an interview Monday on China Global Television Network that […]
Why Didn’t the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It’s the Lockdowns
Written by Ryan McMaken Monday May 25, 2020 Media pundits and politicians are now in the habit of claiming it was the pandemic itself that has caused unemployment to skyrocket […]
Will Europe face race riots in post-coronavirus period?
by Irfan Raja Op-Ed May 22, 2020 Red buses pass the Bank of England in the financial district of London, May 14, 2020. (EPA Photo) Europe has survived several epidemics […]
Singaporean cooks up Eid feast for migrant workers in lockdown
May 25, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch Migrant workers living in a factory-converted dormitory collect meals donated by charities for their Eid-al-Fitr celebrations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore […]
Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic
A large portion of Hertz’s revenue comes from car rentals at airports, which have all but evaporated as potential customers eschew plane travel. The more than a century old car […]
Global report: Muslims face curfews ahead of Eid amid Covid-19 crisis
Emma Graham-Harrison 15 hrs ago Muslims worldwide prepared to celebrate Eid under lockdown, with the strictest governments bringing in 24-hour curfews for the holiday – but across the world the […]
Ramadan: German church opens doors for Muslim prayers
3 hours ago A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their mosque under new social distancing rules. Germany allowed religious services to […]
Muslim generosity in Ramadan is more than a feel-good story
Friday, May 22, 2020 People queue up for free food in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Various community groups including Muslims Giving […]
As COVID-19 Crashes the Economy, Workers and Business Owners Wonder If Anything Can Save Them From Financial Ruin
Businesses are being forced to close as social distancing to avoid COVID-19 takes hold Timothy Fadek—Redux By Alana Semuels March 18, 2020 Sonia Bautista was living paycheck to paycheck […]