DUBAI: The World Health Organization thanked Saudi Arabia's King Salman for donating $500 million to support the international efforts in preventing the coronavirus spread, state news agency SPA reported on Friday. "I express my great gratitude to the Custodian of the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A staggering 70% of businesses in Dubai expect to close their doors within the next six months as the coronavirus pandemic and global lockdowns ravage demand, a survey by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce revealed Thursday. The Chamber...
The first-ever book covering the origins, spread and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Behind the Mask’ by Indian Muslim journalist and author Mohammed Mannan was released this week on Amazon in both print and digital formats. ‘Behind the Mask’ is the eighth book by...
New Delhi : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has criticised India’s new domicile law, calling it a measure to alter the demographics of and undermine the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir. In a release the OIC hailed the law as “baseless”. “The...
BY M. BURHANUDDIN QASMI It is irrational to perceive that only a few among the ulama have studied Islamic theology thoroughly and that group only own proper understanding of religion and rest of the ulama who do not agree with their particular views or explanations,...
By Dr Aishath Muneeza, Associate Professor, INCEIF, Malaysia COVID-19 began as a health crisis and now has led to an economic crisis. There is a sudden surge in the number of poor and needy who has become unemployed over night without any prior warning and who has no...
By Syed Ali Mujtaba The Gulf fall out of the Covid-19 on India is the repatriation of the Indian workers working in the Gulf region. India is making a major evacuation plan involving its Navy, Air Force and Air India to take back Indians facing job loss due to...
by Musa Bayoglu Due to the spread of Coronavirus epidemic named COVID-19, which appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, the health, economic and financial systems of capitalist states collapsed, rulers and their failure to manage the crisis were...
New Delhi : India’s opposition Congress party has expressed concerns over outrages in gulf countries in connection with the treatment of Indian Muslims and patronisation of anti-Muslim forces by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. In a tweet, Congress spokesperson Sanjay...
By Syed Faizan Bukhari A lot of us are aghast at the reactions of the majority of Maulanas and Muftis who have displayed a colossal disregard towards the palpable threat of the Corona virus epidemic. Their ludicrous sermons filled with passionate exhortations to the...