During the first Friday khutbah of the month Ramadan, the President of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş said that “Islam accepts adultery as one of the greatest harams, curses the people of Lot, homosexuality, these harams cause diseases and it is needed to fight together to protect the people from this kind of evil.”

Leaked document reportedly states that human-to-human transmission was not confirmed by Beijing until 20 January despite evidence of it in December. (indepedent.co.uk)

In the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus, the South African police force raided a room on Saturday, 25th April, where about 20 Muslims were praying, and ordered them to the ground. The video footage posted on social media and authenticated by the state authorities, showed humiliation to Muslims with one police heard saying: "Are you bigger than President? Is Muhammad bigger than President?"

Just when the dust began to settle after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis which knocked over financial institutions all across the globe. Some observers, long before Covid-19’s devastating effects on the global economy, were expecting another imminent economic crisis which would be more devastating than the one before. And they were right with their prognosis.