COVID-19 pandemic
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Toronto mosques to broadcast call to prayer during Ramadan amid COVID-19 restrictions
That's why the city is helping the community cope with the crisis by granting all local mosques permission for the first time to broadcast the call to prayer, called the Azan, over speakers at sunset every day during Ramadan.
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Turkish agency sends Ramadan aid to Tunisia
The food packets were dispatched to the provinces of Gafsa and Kasserine, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).
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Rights Group: Israeli settlers attacks against Palestinians rise ‘Noticeably’
In an official report on Saturday, the Israeli rights group B’Tselem said since the outbreak of the contagious disease in the occupied territories, the settlers have ramped up their assaults with full support from the Tel Aviv regime.
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Drive-thru iftar meals 'a ray of hope' for Muslims isolated because of COVID-19 during Ramadan
Standing outside the city's Grand Mosque on Friday evening, Masroor Khan said up to 400 people usually gather inside every night during the holy month for iftar — the evening meal Muslims eat when they break their fast at sunset — provided by the mosque.
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International NGOs urged immediate release of prisoners in Bahrain
67 Arab and international NGOs urge the Bahraini authorities to respond to the High Commissioner's call to release prisoners who are at risk from the Covid-19 pandemic*
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COVID-19 affecting Ramadan traditions in Indonesia
With just one week before the holy month, Indonesia reported more than 5,000 cases of coronavirus and the number continues to rise.
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Dr Ioan Sauca response to Ayatollah Arafi’s letter
general secretary of World Council of Churches said: at WCC we have been aware for some time of the especially acute suffering of the people of Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic and We feel a particular concern for the people of your own city of Qom, which has been especially hard-hit.
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Indonesia: Muslim body for using zakat to fight slump
The religious authority asked people to use zakat and infaq – a nonobligatory type of charity given without any expectation of reward – to help poor neighbors, facing economic hardships.
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Ethiopia: Muslims, Christians join to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed-led government also obliged them, by relaxing broadcast rules and directed four government-run TV stations to reserve prime time slots for the leaders of these two faiths to deliver lectures and lead prayers. Ethiopian law did not allow religious programs on national television.
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How Ramadan 2020 can help the needy get through the pandemic
The world’s faithful across the world have been facing difficult choices as the pandemic has led countries to suspend religious services in mosques, churches and other places of worship.
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Muslim charities aid needy in India amid COVID
As of Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus had reached 423 and the number of positive cases 12,456, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
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Generous donation by Muslim hands boosts Age UK Notts' phone welfare system during pandemic
Muslim Hands will also provide some volunteer support to help people access the service when English isn’t their first language and will help make Age UK Notts’ welfare service accessible across the community.
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Sheikh Zakzaky is not included in presidential prisoner pardon
Although the pardon includes prisoners aged over 60 and those suffering from ill-health likely to lead to death, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah are not among those being freed.
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Muslims targeted as India's lack of capacity to fight COVID-19 exposed
The country is normally eager to present a good image to the outside world, but many Muslim visitors put under coronavirus quarantine in Delhi have been badly treated.
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Muslim nurse in US vows commitment to Nightingale oath
HOAG Hospital Irvine where he works is not overflowing with coronavirus patients and has a 2:1 patient to nurse ratio. But it has similar measures in place as other facilities swamped with those who are infirmed.
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COVID-19: Countries ban Friday prayers, Muslims at home
Several cities in Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation with over 270 million population, have suspended religious gatherings for two weeks as country is under lockdown.
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Can the power of prayer alone stop a pandemic like the coronavirus? Even the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) thought otherwise
While he is by no means a "traditional" expert on matters of deadly diseases, Muhammad (PBUH) nonetheless had sound advice to prevent and combat a development like COVID-19.