Cancelling Islamic rituals has precedents in Islamic history such as the pilgrimage cancellations during the cholera outbreaks of 1837 and 1846:
“The state has silenced politicians, the pulpit, and other sections of the society” and now goes after the “few independent media voices”:
- ‘Police Action Against Scribes to Silence Voices in Kashmir’ (Andalou Agency)
As different states look at different scapegoats for their failures in dealing with the Coronavirus, India blames it favorite target:
- Indian Muslims Face Stigma, Blame for Surge in Infections (Washington Post)
Because of the Palestinian population’s young average age, only two of the “484 reported coronavirus cases as of April 24 … have died so far”…
- Israel’s Occupation Policies may Contribute to deaths of Many Elderly Palestinians, But Palestinian Youth are Poised to Flourish (Informed Comment)
… but while Israel’s stranglehold on the Occupied Territories has delayed the outbreak of Coronavirus there, but will leave them “weakly positioned to cope when contagion kicks in more forcefully”:
- Palestinians Hunker Down for Ramadan, Facing a Virus that Doesn’t Discriminate but an Occupier that Does (Palestinian Deep Dive / Jonathan Cook)
President Rouhani promises Iran would never be the one to shoot first, but IRGC leader General Hossein Salami has ordered the navy “to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf that threatens .. Iran’s … ships”:
Goldblum hedged, “I’m just … thinking out loud and maybe being stupid,” but when a non-religious Iranian wears a “red and white striped kaftan and a blue hijab outlined with 50 stars,” is s/he inviting the questions?
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