Heba Yazbak would doubtless have no problem with Israel becoming an Islamic state. Her statements reveal the deceptiveness of the Palestinian Authority’s recognition of Israel’s right to exist. The PA’s recognition of Israel is a sham anyway, a semantic trick. The PA has never recognized Israel as a Jewish state. “We will never recognize the […]
India: Hindu celebrations called off; many Muslims flout health advisories and continue large gatherings
In a welcome move by the Uttar Pradesh state government in India, as a precautionary measure to combat Covid-19, the yearly carnival of the Hindu Ram Navami celebrations are being called off this year. However, the government’s struggle with its second largest religious group seems to have no end. Many Muslims in India are not […]
India: Muslims urged to defy precautions, “Sharing food eaten by another Muslim leads to healing and not corona”
It sounds astoundingly imprudent, but actually the claim cannot be disproven. If you share food and get sick, it’s because you were sinful, not because Allah isn’t protecting the Muslims from coronavirus. https://twitter.com/Subbam4/status/1241217170878500864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1241217170878500864&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opindia.com%2F2020%2F03%2Ftiktok-coronavirus-covid19-social-proximity-falsehood%2F “Islam above Coronavirus safety: Users take to TikTok to spread falsehood, launch campaign against social distancing,” OpIndia, March 21, 2020: As if […]
India: Muslim protester refuses to disperse, says “corona means Qur’an” and won’t harm Muslims
We shall see. But the protesters are in a no-lose situation. If no one gets coronavirus, it’s a sign of Allah’s protection of the Muslims. If coronavirus does spread there, it’s because Muslims have sinned, and need to be more pious, and so need to attend more such protests. This is the same kind of […]
Turkey: Refah political party leader says coronavirus “serves Zionism’s goals of decreasing the number of people”
Well, of course. It was inevitable that some Islamic supremacist somewhere would claim that the coronavirus was a Zionist plot. The Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the well-being of the Muslims. They are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely […]
UK: Chinese student treated poorly when wearing mask in public, donned niqab and got treated with respect
UK: A Chinese international student says she was treated poorly when she wore a medical mask in public. She decided to wear a niqab over her mask & now says she has been treated with great respect ever since by the British: https://t.co/tbBWFBoucg pic.twitter.com/cCUMpBAAEL — Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 15, 2020 The general public […]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, the coronavirus, and Muslim defiance
It has now been some time since the coronavirus has been dubbed a pandemic, an imminent threat to human society. All countries and their citizens are coping with the virus as best they can, and trying to defeat it at any cost. To minimise the peril, most countries have imposed a lockdown or restricted the […]
Muslim Priorities in a Dangerous Pandemic
Yesterday I popped into hospital to have a recovering wound on my leg checked. The pedestrian entrance had been blocked off, with a temporary field hospital set up right on the road. The doctors at the entrance wanted to know whether I had any of the COVID-19 symptoms. I did not, but asked them to […]
Iran: Closure of Shiite pilgrimage sites over coronavirus prompts sit-ins and protests
Even as the country is roiled by the pandemic, many still believe Allah will protect the virus from hurting them. This idea is in line with the Islamic view that Allah blesses the pious and punishes the impious in this world, and that the more one strives to please Allah the more one will prosper. […]
Muslim cleric: Time to establish caliphate, conquer Jerusalem, Rome, US, Russia, and the world, impose Sharia
This idea comes from words attributed to Muhammad in a hadith. “We were with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in an expedition that there came a people to Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) from the direction of the west. They were dressed in woollen clothes and they stood near a hillock and they met him as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) […]