About 25% of those who died in the UK from Coronavirus are Muslims. At this moment, the UK parliament is considering a law which will cremate all dead bodies.
I teared up last Friday when a friend texted me “Juma Mubarak.” Juma, the Friday Prayer, is such a beautiful tradition--one that we grew up with--that missing it intentionally was incredibly painful.
In Islam, Wudu, the ablution before the five daily prayers, is a God-given gift to safeguard oneself from viruses, as it involves thorough and regular washing of the hands, nose, and throat.
If you had seen the two men, broken and bleeding from the rocks thrown at them, you would have easily dismissed the idea that today, we would be writing an article about their success story - especially the one whose shoes were filled with blood.