The Ayatollah Khamenei’s call to wage “health jihad” is becoming manifest in specific actions: “Hezbollah has been using the coronavirus outbreak for propaganda purposes all week, publishing videos showing alleged “Hezbollah health units” helping disinfect parts of Lebanon and Iran with water hoses, a method the Middle East Monitor noted that scientists have dismissed as […]
Iran: Muslim clerics still prompting multitudes to visit Islamic shrines amid coronavirus surge
Iran is in shambles with coronavirus. They’ve insisted that the number of those who are infected is around 16,000, with a thousand deaths, but that was a few days ago. The number of those who are infected is multiplying fast, and the numbers Iranian officials are telling the world aren’t being believed. This is a […]
Bangladesh: Tens of thousands of Muslims defy official warnings and hold mass public prayer for coronavirus
They’re waging “health jihad” and heeding dictates similar to those of the Iraqi Kurdish Supreme Fatwa Committee, which declared “anyone who dies due to Covid-19 is a martyr per Islamic Sharia.” So whether they’re infected with coronavirus or not, as far as they’re concerned they emerge victorious. “Bangladesh Muslims Spark Outcry over Mass Chinese Coronavirus […]
Iran: Khamenei says coronavirus outbreak “not such a big tragedy” and can be overcome through “jihad”
A new kind of “jihad” has entered the discourse: “health jihad.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now asserting that “the ongoing Chinese coronavirus outbreak in his country is ‘not such a big tragedy’ and one that Tehran can overcome through health ‘jihad.’” Khameinei further stated: I feel it is my duty to once […]