Ghusl Mayyit

Shabnam Mahmood, BBC News. Ghusl Mayyit: Why young Muslims are learning the funeral tradition "A scheme to teach the traditional Muslim funeral ritual of Ghusl to a new generation has been set up in the UK."

Burials and Covid-19

Euro-Islam,The consequences of COVID-19 on Muslim burials

"... the billionaire Issa brothers are planning to build a new Muslim cemetery, the Issa Memorial Garden. –With a £3.5bn fortune, Zuber and Mohsin Issa are businessmen and founders of Euro Garages, a chain of over 5,200 petrol filling stations operating in Europe and the USA that has become the UK’s second-largest privately owned company and that in 2020 bought one of Britain’s largest supermarket chains, Asda. This new cemetery would be built in northern England, west of the town of Blackburn (Lancashire), and would accommodate 35,000 burial plots in a space of 33 hectares."

COVID-19: Bradford Women in Bradford - report

Muslim Women's Council, The Impact of Covid-19 on Muslim Women In Bradford

"The Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on our lives. Since the start of the lockdown in the UK in 2020, a national debate is constantly taking place amongst the political parties & public on how the pandemic has been controlled by the government. This has sparked local debates about the existing councils. This study looks at how the pandemic has affected the local communities and how the decisions that were made on a national level affected Muslim women in Bradford."

Islamic Responses to COVID-19 Conference Videos

Virtually Islamic: Islamic Responses to COVID-19 Conference Videos Conference YouTube Channel()

The edited videos from the recent UWTSD 'Islamic Responses to COVID-19 Conference' are now available

Videos can be viewed sequentially (as in the original order of the conference) or you can pick and choose. The speakers were excellent, on what is a timely subject. Putting the presentations online seems logical, so hopefully those who could not attend can catch up.

I hope that this subject can be further developed in due course.

Update: Cardiff University, Islam UK Centre, Blog, Two videos: Islamic Responses to COVID-19]

Eid Celebrations

Dr @fhussain73 has some advice on celebrating Eid safely this year. COVID-19 still remains a part of our lives so please:
• Remember hands, face, space, fresh air
• Get regularly tested
• Get vaccinated when offeredhttps://t.co/x41aJVHmZh #KeepNewhamSafe#EidMubarak pic.twitter.com/3NGCdzXSXk

— Newham London 💙 (@NewhamLondon) May 11, 2021

We will be celebrating #Eid on Thursday. #EidMubarak to all celebrating from us at MDC. Please continue to follow #COVID19 rules and keep yourself and your loved ones safe. #SafeEid pic.twitter.com/CswgT9zLG5

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) May 11, 2021

Thank you @fmwales for your kind wishes on #eid & your continued support with our work in striving to reassure all communities that the #covidvaccine is safe and effective. #wales #EidUlFitr #community https://t.co/MXTJI17alw

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) May 14, 2021

Covid: Eid marked in Wales' first trial event for crowds https://t.co/gEfKt9Yw0c

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) May 14, 2021

'Miracle' baby

BBC News, Covid: 'Miracle' baby born to Newport mum in coma

"A woman who was in a coma with Covid while pregnant has told how she woke up the day after her baby was born."

Muslims in Belfast observe Ramadan

With Ramadan now falling twice during the coronavirus pandemic, Belfast's Muslim community has had to find a new way to come together pic.twitter.com/FaN7CKwA9I

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) May 10, 2021

Brick Lane

The National, London’s Brick Lane marks second Ramadan in lockdown with hope for the future,

Newport Vaccinations

Vaccination programme commences in Newport:

Make sure you spread the word. Over 60 please come for your first vaccine @jamia mosque in Pill, Newport pic.twitter.com/WqUv2YAR7J

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) March 23, 2021

Great start to the vaccination campaign today Jamia Mosque Newport Jamia And Al Noor Project

We have vaccinated Muslims and non Muslims and many homeless people that have struggled to access vaccination.

Anyone over 60 needing their first vaccine please come down! pic.twitter.com/bgry5C5dtK

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) March 23, 2021

Nurse's Legacy

BBC News, Coronavirus: Dying nurse told sister 'follow in my footsteps'

"Nurse Areema Nasreen was one of the youngest NHS workers to die from coronavirus at the start of the pandemic. Almost a year on from her death, her sister reveals how Areema's last words changed the course of her life."

Covid-19 UK

Aina Khan, Al Jazeera, British South Asians suffer heavy toll as coronavirus surges

"Ethnic minority communities in the UK, hard-hit by the pandemic, have been forced to adapt how they say farewell." Important article by Aina Khan, and photos by Abdu Pilgrim

#takethevaccine

Thank you to everyone for your support for the film. We would love to hear from you if this has made a difference in your family or with your friends. Please do share and save lives. #takethevaccine pic.twitter.com/0t2fEZ3FRx

— Adil Ray OBE 💙 (@adilray) February 19, 2021

Vaccinations

⁦@EnfieldCouncil⁩ community Covid vaccine webinar. Qari Asim from MINAB informs us that the Covid vaccine is completely halal & having a vaccine in Ramadan does NOT break your fast “If anyone saves one life, it is like saving the whole of humanity” (Quran) #getthejab pic.twitter.com/VM6vgQNUwx

— Farzana Hussain (@fhussain73) February 17, 2021

Bradford Central Mosque to become a Covid-19 vaccination centre https://t.co/vMjPuzzsD5

— Telegraph & Argus (@Bradford_TandA) February 17, 2021

Bradford Central Mosque has become the latest mosque to open its doors to become a community COVID-19 vaccination centre.

It follows the likes of other mosques in the region, such as the Jamia Ghausia Centre in Sheffield and Keighley Mosque.https://t.co/6FVTfG8tZL

— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) February 17, 2021

Vaccination

Here's some important advice on the vaccination situation in the UK from Qari Asam. It's significant how social media is being utilised to promote these messages - and one hopes they get through to vulnerable audiences.

Important advice on the vaccine from @QariAsim https://t.co/21ABK4Hi3f

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) February 2, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccination

Note: there's more coverage on Covid-19 on my other blog, Virtually Islamic

But still too many in their local community don’t believe that Covid is real or that the vaccine is safe for Muslims. So the imam got the vaccine pic.twitter.com/tRjIn6JK4s

— Michael Buchanan (@BBCMBuchanan) January 22, 2021

Covid-19

A significant thread on Covid-19 and its impact, based on ITV reports

This is a significant thread. https://t.co/735kgI2yy1

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) January 25, 2021

Covid-19 responses

Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds-based Imam urges for places of worship to be used as vaccine hubs to inspire 'confidence' in communities

"Leeds-based Imam Qari Asim, chairman of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, said some people who were initially hesitant about getting a vaccine have decided to get one since the first vaccination site in a Mosque opened at Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham."

Vaccination Advice

Good to see this advice from Dr Nighat Arif:

I had my #COVIDVaccination. I explain in #urdu / #Punjabi my experience.

Please help share & dispel the myths. We must support each other & refer to creditable sources @NHSuk @projecthalo @BritishIMA #stopmisinformation #muslim #teamNHS #protecttheNHS💙 pic.twitter.com/SODZ08HArh

— Dr Nighat Arif (@DrNighatArif) January 18, 2021

Vaccination Advice

Challenging social media rumours and 'fake news' on vaccinations:

🚨Imams challenging vaccine misinformation

Imams Online Senior Editor, Imam @QariAsim’s important message about the #COVID19 vaccines being halal & permissible for use, building on the ‘Verify Before You Amplify’ campaign, challenging misinformation related to the #Vaccine pic.twitter.com/Ll8CgJ9s2z

— Imams Online (@ImamsOnline) January 17, 2021

COVID-19 >anti-Muslim Prejudice

How #COVID19 has influenced the nature of anti-Muslim hatred, discrimation, and Islamophobia both online and offline: pic.twitter.com/h5zrjy2yNq

— Tell MAMA UK (@TellMamaUK) August 6, 2020