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Relief as Australia joins protests Mosques reopen for ‘Black Lives Matter’
Masjid Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem. Zia Ahmad Mosques throughout the world have started to reopen their doors for congregational prayers as the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are being relaxed. The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah and Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem were opened for prayer on Sunday 31 May allowing the worshippers to enter under strict guidelines to prevent infection. However the grand Mosque in Makkah remains closed until further notice still clouding the prospect of Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage this year. With Australian authorities easing the COVID-19 restrictions from Monday 1 June, most mosques are preparing to resume daily congregational prayers and first Juma prayers from Friday 5 June after a break of almost two months. Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, President of Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) has urged Muslim worshippers to abide by all requirements set by health department and restrictions by government authorities in various states of Australia and make use of the recent ANIC Post COVID-19 Guide.
Protests in Perth. Source: Aaron Fernandes, SBS News. Zia Ahmad Protests are being held in all major cities of Australia in solidarity with demonstrators in US and many parts of the world, triggered by the viral sharing of video showing the brutal death of George Floyd, 46, an African-American man
killed by police in Minneapolis on Monday 25 May 2020. Thousands of people from a diverse background including Aboriginal leaders and activists joined the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement on Monday 1 June in Perth in solidarity with victims of police brutality. Questions were also raised regarding the treatment of indigenous people in this coun-
try and Aboriginal deaths in police custody and prisons in Australia. The protests in US have spread to more than 50 cities, some resulting in violence, arson and looting with almost 40 cities under curfew where President Trump has threatened the protesters by sending in the military. Read editorial page 5
Eid in Kashmir amid oppression and lockdown Backyard garden Eid prayer on Sunday 24 May 2020 in Srinagar, Kashmir.
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Mohamed Ainullah Although Eid 2020 has been a sombre affair globally, more so in the valley of Kashmir under Indian Army’s lockdown since August 2019 where the oppression of Kashmiris has intensified under the cover of fighting COVID-19, especially during Ramadan. Speaking with Sydney Criminal Lawyers, Former Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon likened the moves, by the Modi BJP government, in Kashmir, to the way the Israeli government operates in relation to settlements in the West Bank with early morning raids on Kashmiri households, which, she posits, plays into Modi’s wider agenda
of “advancing Hindu nationalism”. Reportedly, a large number of homes were destroyed by burning and looting in Nawa Kadal, a suburb in the main city of Srinagar during a gun battle between Indian army and Kashmiri militants on the night of Lailatul-Qadr on 27 Ramadan corresponding to Tuesday 19 May triggering anti-India mass protests. “When the forces came to our home, we were busy in the night-long prayers of Lailatul-Qadr. We were reciting the Quran and praying. We did not know everything will be snatched from us within minutes,” a local resident Afroza, talking about the raid by Indian Army commandos, told Al Jazeera. continued on page 6
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