Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

India’s cruel grip on Kashmir is exacerbating the threat of the coronavirus: COVID-19 Information Blackout Hitting Kashmir Hard (Andalou Agency) People Arriving in Kashmir Complain of Poor Arrangements at Quarantine Centres (Deccan Herald) Amid Lack of Protective Gear, Two Doctors in Kashmir Turn Coronavirus Suspects (Deccan Herald) After a five year absence, Sinead O’Connor finds…

Despite a “dire warning” … Coronavirus Latest: Iran Warns that ‘Millions’ Could Die of Virus if People Ignore Guidance (Press Herald) … “An Islamist group broke open the door of the door of the Qom mausoleum, which honours Reza’s sister Fatima Masumeh” ignoring Rouhani’s advice that pilgrims connect to four closed holy sites “in spirit”…

As American mosques ruminated over whether to cancel Friday prayers in the face of the coronavirus … Mosques Cancel Friday Prayers as Leaders Face a Dilemma of Whether to Close (Washington Post) … FCNA notes, “Quarantine, social isolation, travel bans, restricted movement, visitations, congregation and socialization are among the precautionary and preventive measures” are found…

The story of how Palestinian women cope with the unbearable living conditions Israeli has imposed upon Gaza: Overcoming the Odds: Five Women, Five Stories of Entrepreneurship and Ingenuity. Gaza, 2020 (B’tselem) 19th century British women were active in the religious development of the Muslim community, a forgotten legacy: The Forgotten Women Who Helped to Build British Islam…

MbS shuts down the pilgrimage sites … Saudi Empties Islam’s Holiest Site for ‘Sterilisation’ (AFP / Yahoo) … and arrests potential political challengers: Four Prominent Saudi Royals Arrested in Apparent Bid by Crown Prince to Consolidate Power (Washington Post) Israel army snipers bragging about shooting dozens of unarmed Palestinian in the knee, many of them…

In a panel discussion for the CPAC on International religious freedom, Trump’s trip to India was described as great and the anti-Muslim Violence as a “not-one sided conflict” … Amid an Anti-Muslim Pogrom In India, A Search for Any Concern at CPAC (Huffington Post) … oblivious to the fact that “[t]he anti-Muslim ideology of the RSS is…

The U.S. promised the Taliban a prisoner exchange to which the Afghani government had not agreed, seeming to guarantee the agreement’s collapse: Cracks Start to Show in Taliban Peace Deal (Politico) President Ghani Rejects Peace Deal’s Prisoner Swap with Taliban (Al-Jazeera) Breakthrough U.S.-Taliban Deal Signed, But Airstrikes Likely to Continue & Mercenaries to Remain (Democracy…

A lawsuit filed against Netanyahu and Trump and key members his administration equates their crimes against Palestinian to the U.S. treatment of the Indigenous Americans and African slaves in America: Netanyahu, Trump, and Kushner Named in ‘War Crimes’ Lawsuit Filed by Palestinians in US Court (Common Dreams) The now cancelled course “was not only racist…

In his visit to India, Trump defended Modi and made no mention of the Hindu-Muslim violence around them or of the discriminatory citizenship law that sparked it: Trump Praises India’s Religious Freedom While Muslim-Hindu Violence Erupts (Vox.com) As President Trump Left India’s Capital, Hindu-Muslim Riots Flared (NPR) In a statement approved by all fifteen council…

“US officials have also threatened to impose sanctions or seek to criminally prosecute officials at the International Criminal Court if they pursue investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel”: US Bars Entry to Researcher Who Exposes Israeli Rights Abuses (Electronic Intifada) The Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine campaign drew more than 2000 attendees, calling…