Ramadan in the age of Coronavirus 

By Aina Khan For over 1400 years, Muslims have observed Ramadan, a holy month in the Islamic calendar in which Muslims cannot eat and drink from dawn till dusk.  Within the five pillars of Islam, Ramadan is the fourth pillar, the month in which the Quran was revealed. Instead of following the Gregorian solar calendar, […]

Coronavirus and Religion update – 20 April

By Lianne Kolirin UK Startling images of the UK coronavirus death toll have emerged from inside a makeshift morgue at a Birmingham mosque.  Images published on the MailOnline show coffins stacked inside the mortuary built on the car park of Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in the city’s Small Heath district. Last week mosque trustee and […]