May 11, 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:
Ramadan-Lockdown:
- Overseas: Empty prayer rooms and donation boxes: mosques face financial crisis
- In America: Muslims finding new ways to keep the faith in the era of COVID
By the Numbers: U.S. death toll nears 80,000, with more than 1.3 million in the U.S
White House: Officials fear the coronavirus is spreading through the West Wing after two staffers test positive for coronavirus
Congress:
- More checks? A payroll tax cut? Trump and Congress are split on the next stimulus plan
- Partisan split as Republicans ramp up attacks on stay-at-home orders
States: Northern Virginia nowhere near ready to reopen under state governor’s plan
Election: Republican U.S. senators worry White House shortcomings in response to COVID-19 could cost them their majority
Local Impact: Immigrant store owner in Detroit and Muslim prayer leader dies of coronavirus
Halal MREs: New York Muslims raise concerns about substandard Ramadan meals, with some meals being military rations
A Safe Goodbye: How an Islamic funeral home buries the dead in response to coronavirus
HATE-MASK: Police in California confront customer wearing swastika face-mask, following similar KKK hood shopper incident
NYT: U.S. accuses China of trying to hack vaccine data in cyberattacks
WSJ: Some manufacturing plants close for good as coronavirus cuts demand
Those Who Do Good Deeds:
- Florida: Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton passing out free food until May 23
- Islamic Society of Michiana hosts mobile food pantry Saturday for those in need
- Illinois mosque feeding those in need throughout Ramadan
- Houston area mosques help with COVID-19 relief efforts during Ramadan
