Ramadan like never before: Muslims observe fast under Covid-19 restrictions 2 minutes read
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, India, May 3 (EFE).- Showkat Hussain, a Muslim businessman in India-administered Kashmir, had never missed out on the nightly congregational prayers during the month of Ramadan in his living memory.
But for Hussain, 70, like many other Muslims in India that has become the global epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, it is the second year in a row that he has not been to a mosque for tarawih prayers, a mainstay of Ramadan, offered every night during the month of fasting.
This Ramadan, like in 2020, has been an unprecedented experience for over 1.8 billion Muslims globally, of about which 200 million live in India.
Indian missionary finds joy of Christ in Muslim-majority Malaysia
Father Ravindra learned Bahasa Malayu, Iban and Mandarin to communicate and celebrate Mass
Father Ravindra Babu makes the sign of the cross with ash on parishioners during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, Sarawak state, on Feb. 17. (Photo: St. Edmund Church)
His missionary experience at St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, a town in Sarawak state in Malaysian Borneo, has left an indelible mark on the life of Father Christu Kolabathina, better known as Ravindra Babu.
The Indian priest from St. Joseph Missionary Society of Mill Hill (popularly known as Mill Hill Missionaries) has served as the assistant pastor of a parish in Miri Diocese since September 2018.
Fawad Chaudhry on Conflict Zone
There has been a frosty standoff since, but signs of rapprochement recently have included Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s excahnging letters with his Pakistani counterpart, Khan, as well as a resumption of talks last week on the use of resources from their shared Indus River.
In February, Pakistan and India also agreed to continue a ceasefire at the often-tense Kashmir border.
Distrust and animosity cloud policymaking
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Pakistan, but experts say it does not help the struggling Pakistani economy. Anti-India sentiments have always been there in Pakistan, and those in power have successfully exploited them for their benefits, Amit Ranjan, a research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, told DW.
Farmer Protests in India shakes US Policy
By Shazia Anwer Cheema
Shazia Cheema is a Foreign Affairs expert, analyst who writing for national and international media outlets including Pakistan Observer, Eurasia Diary, InSight, and Mina News Agency. She heads the Thought Center of Dispatch News Desk (DND). She did her MA in Cognitive Semiotics from Aarhus University Denmark and is currently registered as a Ph.D. Scholar of Semiotics and Philosophy of Communication at Charles University Prague. She can be reached at her: Twitter @ShaziaAnwerCh Email: shaziaanwer@yahoo.com
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