May 4, 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 on Lock-Down:
- ABC News: Lifestyle: In US, a virus-era Ramadan presents obstacles, opportunities
- Minnesotan Muslims and COVID-19 in Ramadan: Creativity, Faith and Resilience
COVID-Advice: Video: Advice on by the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) on Chicago billboard Enlightens Chicagoans
White House: CDC document projects as many as 3,000 deaths per day by June
Congress: The ‘new normal‘ takes shape on Capitol Hill
Courts: Supreme Court holds first, unprecedented, remote oral arguments as cases move forward despite coronavirus
International: DHS report accuses China of covering up virus outbreak to hoard supplies
Grimm Outlook: Key coronavirus model will revise projections to nearly 135,000 US deaths
Food Supply: Islamic Center of Siouxland says Dakota County’s 2nd COVID-19 death was a Tyson Foods plant employee
Not Too Fast: FDA reverses policy that let over 100 antibody tests on market without review
Spiritual First Responders:
- Rabbis, priests, imams and other spiritual first responders to coronavirus are also among the victims
- Faith leaders struggle with when to hold in-person services
Coronavirus NYC: Video of NYPD violent arrest during social distancing enforcement in East Village sparks outrage
Hate Watch:
Confederacy of Idiots: Man in Dan Diego wears KKK hood to supermarket after county facemask orders
Salon: Opinion: Anti-lockdown “movement” is powered by racism
Those Who Do Good Deeds:
- Islamic Center of Cleveland’s Free Clinic in Parma Offering Telemedicine Appointments to All Patients in Need
- Muslim community in Charlotte hands out meals to families while celebrating Ramadan
- Worcester Islamic Society hands out hundreds of free meals for those in need
- Rockford Muslim Association provides food during pandemic
- Islamic Society of Michiana holds mobile food pantry
