April 21, 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:
Special Roundup of Muslim Community News and Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic:
- Minneapolis mayor permits broadcast of Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan, equipment paid for by CAIR Minnesota
- HuffPost Opinion: When the holy month Of Ramadan comes at the peak of a pandemic
- Philadelphia-area Muslims must adjust to Ramadan amid a pandemic
- Muslims Ohio communities struggle to prepare for Ramadan during coronavirus crisis
- Muslims in Lehigh Valley (PA) adapting to new social norms under lockdown
- Syracuse, New York mosque, once a Catholic church, transforms again to try to keep the faith, free of coronavirus
- Islamic Center of Western Massachusetts readies for Ramadan with social distancing guidelines in mind
- MSN: Coronavirus and Ramadan: Isolated Muslims finding solutions to worship, break fast during holy month
- For Mankato (MN) area Muslims, Ramadan will be different this year
BREAKING IMMIGRATION NEWS: Trump’s tweets plan to suspend immigration to the U.S. citing coronavirus… farm-workers exempted… Democrats blast… CAIR condemns
(TAKE ACTION: Click here to urge your members of Congress to fight Trump’s plan to halt immigration into the U.S.)
Fake News: Source Trump: President attempts to stir anti-Muslim sentiment as he openly questions whether U.S. authorities will enforce social distancing for Muslims during Ramadan, CAIR responds
Infection Statistics: 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S, 42,940 deaths
Send in the Troops: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds sends 250 National Guard to help with testing and contact tracing at meat plants
Coronavirus Aid? Big business gets $300M in Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loans… as program runs out of funds! Senate to pass new small business relief bill today
Moving Forward: U.S. lacks the 300,000 workers needed to tracking coronavirus
Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele: ‘Go To Work And Die?’ on Trump supported coronavirus state protests to end lock down
Marketplace: Oil stock prices dip as demand collapses due to coronavirus
India: Muslim teen beaten to death by policy for stepping out for biscuits during lock down
Those Who Do Good Deeds:
- Islamic Center Of Pittsburgh, PA distributes over 100 boxes of food
- Islamic Center of Evansville providing handmade face masks to those picking up food boxes
- Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts holds drive-thru fundraiser to help those in need during pandemic
- PA: Sunbury Islamic Center to host food giveaway
