Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sunday Stuff - Part 2

As a cool sunny Sunday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, despite the coronavirus, Germany still welcomes asylum seekers.

From EuroNews, a Greek Orthodox priest is arrested after holding a church service during the coronavirus lockdown.

From Voice Of Europe, a Frenchman confined by the coronavirus finds a way to run a marathon on his balcony.

From Morocco World News, Morocco extends its coronavirus-related state of emergency until April 20th.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey reports 30 total deaths from the coronavirus and 289 news cases.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey suspends flights to 46 more countries and bans picnics and barbecue.

From Rûdaw, Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani tells Kurds to stay home.

From In-Cyprus, two churches and various businesses in Cyprus are booked for breaking coronavirus-related decrees.

From Arutz Sheva, the number of coronavirus cases in Israel exceeds 1,000.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel plans to delay daylight savings time in order to promote social distancing.

From The Jerusalem Post, the failure of the latest round of unity government talks is not just due to Yair Lapid of the Blue and White party.

From YNetNews, Israel's Supreme Court is deliberating on whether Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein should remain in his post.

From the Egypt Independent, Ethiopia creates a dam solution, and will propose it to Egypt and Sudan.

From Egypt Today, the unveiling of a restored statue of Ramses II is postponed due to the coronavirus.

From StepFeed, Muslims have had a fascination with astrology for a very long time.

From The New Arab, Hamas confirms the first two coronavirus cases in the Gaza strip.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to environment minister Al-Fadhli, Saudi Arabia has no shortage of food or water.

From Radio Farda, 11 Iranian athletes have died from the coronavirus.

From IranWire, according to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, the U.S. may have manufactured the coronavirus.

From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Sindh imposes a 15-day lockdown due to the coronavirus.

From The Express Tribune, Prime Minister Imran Khan urges Pakistanis to self-quarantine.

From Pakistan Today, to lockdown or to not lockdown, that is the question.

From Khaama Press, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces personnel send 27 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, India starts a 14-hour shutdown.

From the Hindustan Times, Delhi, India imposes a lockdown until March 31st.

From ANI, organizers of a protest against India's Citizenship Act temporarily call it off due to the coronavirus.

From India Today, 16 districts in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh go under lockdown due to the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, authorities lock down a brother in Jamalpur, Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, pictures from Sri Lanka, now under a nationwide curfew.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan police arrest 790 for violating the coronavirus curfew and seize 154 vehicles.

From Maldives Insider, the Amilla Maldives resort is closed until July 1st.

From The Arab Weekly, Egyptian Salafist Muslims oppose a bill to restrict polygamy and eliminate underage marriage.

From The News, a Pakistani ameer urges Muslims to repent collectively over the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, according to scientists, if authorities don't take "drastic measures" against the coronavirus, 70,000 people could become infected.

From The Straits Times, Singapore bans short-term visitors from entering or transiting.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Sabah reports 22 new coronavirus cases.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities detain and quarantine 12 tabligh members returning from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.  (There is an Islamic outreach society named Tablighi Jamaat.)

From The Mainichi, wind turbines are blamed for problems with TV signals in Katagami, Japan.

And from Gatestone Institute, on the coronavirus, "the Vatican surrenders to China".

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