March 28, 2020
By Robert S. McCaw, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department
Every day, CAIR scours the internet for you to find, share and highlight the day’s most important COVID-19 headlines:
Watch: CAIR Board Chair Roula Allouch interviewed by ABC News about Trump’s order on houses of worship
#QuarantEid Parade:
- Austin: Muslim community celebrates end of Ramadan with social distancing
- Boise: Islamic community organized ‘Honk for Heroes’ parade to honor healthcare workers
- Cleveland: Islamic center held a drive-by Eid parade
- Detroit: Muslims find new ways to celebrate Eid in shadow of pandemic
- Illinois: Islamic Center of Naperville held a safe Eid celebration today, youth Eid drive-thru, for Eid al-Fitr.
- Kansas: How the coronavirus changed the way the Wichita Islamic community celebrated Eid al-Fitr
- LA: Muslims begin Eid al-Fitr celebration
- Mass: Islamic Society of Western Mass. celebrates end of Ramadan with drive-thru Eid celebration
- Maryland: Taking Eid for a spin, a Montgomery mosque celebrates the end of Ramadan with a car parade
- Milwaukee: Drive-through celebrates Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of fasting during Ramadan
- Minn: ‘We have to get creative’: Muslims prepare for a socially distanced Eid
- New York: Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr with a car parade news
- New York II: Muslim organizations across NY joined a virtual Eid celebration
- New York III: Islamic center in New York to remain closed through holiday despite Trump’s order: Oregon: Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr with drive-thru parade
- Philly: Muslims mark the end of a socially distant Ramadan
- Pittsburgh: Mosque holds drive-thru event to celebrate end of Ramadan
- ‘places of worship are not ready’
- Staten Island: Muslim community celebrates Eid-ul Fitr with drive-thru parade at ICSI
- Texas: Austin Muslim community celebrates end of Ramadan with social distancing
Huffpost: Despite the #lockdown, Muslims across the country find ways to celebrate the holiday marking the end of Ramadan
By the Numbers:
- Death Toll: After four months the U.S. death toll from coronavirus surpasses 100,000 people
- Job Loss: More than 40 million Americans have sought jobless aid amid pandemic
Second Wave: CNN: It could get worse: What we mean by a ‘second peak’ of coronavirus
White House: Trump declares churches, mosques and synagogues ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen
Congress: Congress will ‘probably’ have to pass another coronavirus stimulus bill, Mitch McConnell says
States: Politico: Democratic led Colorado is the first “blue state” to reopen early, how did it happen—and is it working?
No Mask, No Service: Some businesses pledge to keep out customers who don’t cover their faces
Closed For Now: Muslim American Society of Minnesota say its mosques, centers will stay closed for now
CAIR Hate Watch: ‘Get out of his country’: @CNN reporter @NatashaChenCNN says man yelled #racist words at her in Myrtle Beach
Opinion: Not wearing a mask is white privilege
Bet They Were Never Bothered by Church Bells: As mosques adapt to coronavirus shutdown by sharing the call to prayer, some in Culver City s said it was too loud
Those Who Do Good Deeds:
- Arizona: Islamic organization donates 9,000 pounds of food to Northern Diné COVID-19 relief effort
- NY: Local mosque celebrates the end of Ramadan by giving back to those with food insecurity
