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From virtual Iftar to socially-distanced prayer: What Ramadan will look like for British Muslims in lockdown Mecca

From virtual Iftar to socially-distanced prayer: What Ramadan will look like for British Muslims in lockdown

Miski Osman is a junior doctor from London. Because of the coronavirus lockdown this will be the first Ramadan she has ever spent alone. Normally the 27-year-old would spend it surrounded by extended family and friends but as she cannot take the risk of bringing Covid-19 home from work, she has…
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April 23, 2020
Hajj cancellation wouldn’t be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus Mecca

Hajj cancellation wouldn’t be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has urged Muslims to delay their plans for the hajj, amid speculation that the obligatory pilgrimage may be canceled this year due to the coronavirus. Earlier this year, Saudi authorities halted travel to holy sites as part of the umrah, the “lesser pilgrimage” that takes place throughout the…
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April 23, 2020
Elon Musk says Starlink internet private beta to begin in roughly three months, public beta in six Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Starlink internet private beta to begin in roughly three months, public beta in six

SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has shared more details about when in 2020 we can expect the company’s Starlink low-latency, high-bandwidth satellite internet service to actually be available to customers. He said on Twitter that a private beta for Starlink would begin in around three months, with a public…
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April 23, 2020
U.S. warships will be destroyed if they threaten Iran in Gulf, Revolutionary Guards chief says Nukes

U.S. warships will be destroyed if they threaten Iran in Gulf, Revolutionary Guards chief says

In this Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in Tehran, Iran. The Associated Press Iran will destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf, the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards told state TV on Thursday, a day after…
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April 23, 2020