War saying your europeans go build you know the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on aljazeera. Im femi oke a a welcome to the stream this ramadan muslims around the world are being asked to stay at home this ramadan of this planet and this ramadan this ramadan im staying at home to protect our doctors nurses to protect our n. H. S. To preserve our species rose its not that i am praying for the world im praying for the well for the world but for all. From home you can be a lifesaver protect our frontline start protecting our n. H. S. Protect our doctors and nurses and save lives life save lives and you can do all of that by just staying home stay healthy stay out they are going to help save lives before i do if. To protect us and save lives theres a. Ramadan mubarak. Ramadan at home a hash tag and also a campaign asking muslims who are observing ramadan to stay socially distant because of the krona virus pandemic but how is that going to work doesnt work you can tell us joe by jumping into each you chat we love to bring your experiences into todays show but let me introduce our guests remedying corinne everybody said good to have you here. The bina welcome everybody. Thank you well a bun will bark to all my names when you call them well im an elected member of the council. To be a democrat and i want often pool of independent good to have you had our way to introduce yourself. And know everyone from about gary m. My name is the way that a lot of these i am or porter at the Huffington Post at based in new york city where i cover a phobia social justice issues and the like and on a national level. Great to have you and finally joseph welcome to the stream tell of what he. Thank you karim everyone im just a longboard im a professor of quranic studies at the college of islamic studies at home a bit of evil university in doha and one of the contributing editor is an authors for the study koran good to have you welcome everybody lets start with this idea they say much preparation that goes into drama but the idea of observing it doing a lot down what is sad even like robina you stopped what is your preparations been like. Oh my parish particularly as a mom and as a working mother has been very easy. Preparing the household and the law down making sure that our immune system a boost to good. Making sure that we eating healthy is well im lucky because i live in the house i have a garden as well but i also have to support people who can cram conditions while i was crowded who are finding it very difficult to homeschool preparing constituents making sure that they thought access to support in terms of supporting their own families and also working with charities on the. Aid programs to reach more mobile and elderly people who are very isolated and so for me what i found in preparing for the most important aspect is that we should get all the time from the parties not just thinking about office but also about the people and the elections so in terms of the people making sure that those who might be learning the may be feeding life like we dont get this well. I mean im just looking at tweet that you shared a few days ago when you were talking about getting ready with your children your nephews and nieces preparing for ramadan must be close prayers streamlined and if the gathering is Going Digital we can find ways to be together that just if this idea of a digital ramadan what does that mean what if youve seen doing. Well for myself quite honestly say one of the experiences that a lot of people who embraces a lot better in life have is they often dont feel as embraced by the community and and so for me there is actually me but somebody was running that said that it was one person was like theres a born muslim its like oh my god ramadan without going to the mosques every day and out with gathered for the believe or effort or any other guys theyre going to go no 1st time. This is a regular experience. Were going to come back to joseph hes going to is slightly challenging Internet Connection but we will come back to him does a tweet that joseph decide whether the dish and im going to share this with you as well and its about what you cool if tom which is the way that you break the fast at the end of youll find sting day and on this tweet this is what joseph shed so what can we call if to zoom is if dont if you do move it will wait and if you dont get it was any good you might well yeah it was but it was 3 nights just just in time what is it like how do you even do if dropped by billy zoom way to jump in it. Yeah i think at least here in the us weve seen this creation or what weve got here is stars i think thats the term ill do that or going for and its this concept of trying to write instead of breaking your fast at the end of a beautiful meola with so many of your family Members Around as i was at home or a mosque right there a party that people are going to do it online and so when you zoom zoom Google Hangouts and skype or work all day lets use that to come back and i think to kind of jump on joe says point i was talking to one woman or or that i was doing not too long ago who had embraced islam later in my and she had have died on those communities to kind of help her feel that spirit of amazon and she words worried about the loneliness that she was going to have to go through this month and so one of the ways that shes going to combat it is to set up. Dar as if darwin every we want to call it every night with different brands and families and i think its a way to kind of feel a little bit of community during its and over is that reoccur. And i am going to say as a as as a somebody who shares an office with many wonderful muslims to observe ramadan obviously socially distant now of course one things i found every ramadan people do is that theyre sharing pictures of food that is salivating over that they cant eat quite yet but later so in that tradition im going to show robinas if a big if with my family im drooling right now about 40 family members digitally the food in my house was very real as you can see. That it looks gorgeous and so. Let me talk about something that actually is quite challenging and i fear that i want to bring in. He is a medical student hes in pakistan and in pakistan the most will be staying open and shot try to explain to us why that is what it is about pakistan culture where family so fiercely and togetherness he so fiercely cherished that people would paps risk their own health and go to mosque. This is. This is. Is that. Why all of the. Jersey im wondering that the headlines from pakistan a incredible considering that many of us are practicing social distance at least physical distance whatever thief that were in what do you make of. Impact. On staying on. Well i dont want to single out any one country but i dont think that this is necessarily a responsible move at this time one of the things that many people have not really understood is what is the actual or not that is the transmit ability factor of virus and and thats been debated and people have said oh its. You know some kind of scheme to get people out of the mosques and im afraid that some of that type of attitude has played into these decisions and this is something where it should be best to the medical experts and the. Scholars they need to say that this is an area where we need to advocate to those who have better knowledge of how such situations should be handled. How much guidance is how much guidance have to be. Around the world about how you should observe this unique ramadan where you cant get together as you would normally do you cant have fellowship as you normally have it will kind insist that. Weve had the Muslim Council of britain also it. Should be closed government should not happen and i think that is absolutely right the government has also been part of council. Across the Political Parties as well there is one aspect that we should also talk about which is guidance and the. National Health Service and people who work in hospitals who are keeping off so i have a question from one of the m. P. s that i support. With a Different Number of politicians in the democrats but what she also me and it was very well should i give 5. Nation about things who are working in hospital setting. Given direct information they can give guidance the ultimate decision has to be a Health Professional setting so that it doesnt impact on the patient protect themselves and it does pressure on the n. H. S. So there is thought. About sharing part and sharing part. I guess i want to share this tweet with you it comes from nigeria and use of talks about. Communities in nigeria they cant do. Digital like they cant jump and he talks about the options that are left to sponsor programs for local radio stations so if you dont have internet and the connection is almost as good as yours if you cant connect in that way. How else can you connect. I think ive been seeing matt people who have been getting very creative and. Connecting in ways that are beyond the internet i talking to a few people who said that they wanted to go outside and reconnect with nature because this is something thats also emphasizing that they are talking about connecting with the immediate family members in your home right you dont necessarily have to go so far and wide and i think were seeing creativity in terms of how we practice saying the traditional elements of the faith and i think a lot of people are tapping into that now in jos that im sure you know better that mean terms of the practice of seclusion right and meditation are big practices dating back to the prophets and theres something that a celebrated amazon and so i think its probably Something Else a lot of muslims are practicing this this month. Jazz if. Thoughts on that one yes this is actually a very important point that you can bring it up yeah the opportunity is when you talk about connecting the most important connection that you make with in ramadan is the connection with god and with the koran and all of the other connections that weve made should be viewed as as secondary to that and at times we get distracted by the social dimensions of ramadan from focusing upon its ultimate purpose which is that connection with. God with the koran and through that a cleansing of ourselves and the prophets custom was in the last days the last 10 days of ramadan to go into isolation and to go and to withdraw from society and and perhaps it will be something that more people will be inclined to do in these last in these last 10 days because thats where the true spirit of ramadan is is to be found and its even in the quran in when it talks about ramadan its doesnt say shazam its. Its ramadan in which the core and was made to descend and the purpose of fasting is a most open yourself law so that you have a space for the word of god to be instilled within you and thats made that connection while youve cut off all of these connections from the rest of the world. Im just looking at something that we share with our audience our online audience only asta if we had any essential because who are out say who are observing ramadan firefighter get a handle firefighter as a muslim firefighter and paramedic live adjusted not only by wayne p p personal protective equipment on every corner but also praying more at the fire station especially up to breaking my. Now the 5th in. And in the u. K. This whole idea of observing ramadan when it is so difficult and so challenging for Health Workers right now and stressful and then on top of zach to be in the. Can you give us an example of what they like. Where i live in the hospital. So i often. Help both of. My constituents and when you wear protective protective equipment because very hurt and it becomes very difficult hence the person who is in that situation must make the decision themselves as to what they can. See that if you break dont. Make sure that you keep up to date so. They do people that they have. The mental but most important. Making sure that you yourself making sure the people that you care for and making sure the environment many of them could be working in. That pressure in that unit. So they feel that. If there are more than one is the issue. I want to bring you in here because youve been working on a number of stories we read you finding islamophobia. Online because it is the month of ramadan for instance this headline here one of your stories anti muslim public and is seeping into online discourse about the coronavirus can you give us an example. Absolutely i may think the important thing to note here is that unfortunately and pharmacy rhetoric is not only equal but its been prevalent for a very long time and so when the pandemic hit it really was a matter of taking advantage of peoples vulnerabilities of their fears of their very valid concerns and then using that to promote toxic disinter mation misinformation about the Muslim Community and it was a trend that i have seen and many places and different parts of the world but the 3 that are highlighted in that report was the u. K. In the u. S. And in india and then in the u. K. In the u. S. We primarily saw the old footage of say last years that i was on of the ramadan beforehand and that being circulated on our right websites and by people who have a history of promoting anti muslim brother and saying look at these muslims who are not social distancing theyre still going to their mosques are still gathering etc and not only is that false because again were using old image here but theres a message that wants to abilify in demonize the muslims which is ironic of like robinas that because so many of them are on the frontlines are essential workers are out there reviving the most most care and were seeing that here in the u. S. As well. Weve had another challenging point in the u. S. Where the President Donald Trump repeated that tweet talking about a disparity between the churches and the mosques and wondering if authorities were going to crack down on on the mosques and people gathering in the mosque was which is again information because the mosque have been ones that its not like they were planning to open or they were closed from the 1st local and state and federal discretion where gatherings are fans its been over a month and in india its probably the worst case of islam a phobia weve seen like you said the mosques have chosen to stay open for madonna and before that you had a small missionary group who were still the humans about going out. I gather and there are a number of cases have spread at because of this missionary group and muslims face the consequences you had root cellar and you had a muslim man who died by suicide because he was vilified her being associated with this group and so the impact of this propaganda its quite real. This is so not about one thing yet just a piece guys want to say i mean we also need to when we put this all the context of coronavirus that originated in china one of the things that the whole of the spread of coronavirus has done has caused everyone to look away from whats have happening to the weaker muslims and and that has been an absolute humanitarian crisis and the chinese have just stepped up their persecution of that we are muslims and its something that muslims need to take into consideration if theyre worried about being walked under muslims because these are people in so many parts of the world that have far worse than those of us who are able to participate in this conversation right here now and listen to it have. Im so glad you brought up the we can muslims because he chewed out audience that is the chanting about helping the poor she found she 10 dress says its hard for the poor to see if caught doing this month with a lockdown because shes in social distances distancing its its hard to fit them genuinely this whole idea about how are you able to fulfill your charitable deeds jewing ramadan if you cant go out and make meals full of people who are less fortunate than yourself. How are you able to do that. Well the beginning that weve been involved with Different Community organizations most. Many Charities Involved charities have already begun. To give out and distribute. Perishable goods as well to people particularly those who are very old to those who are Vulnerable People are often very isolated because they are in isolation. May have people. To give tribute to the people who are taking care not the few. Thank you for being a new child with us says for those who dont have anything to teach is to care remember the poor weak people wherever you are rich reedy sick ways beautifully into. Free and he is at Pakistan Police and he said this time this very unusual reminds us that we should be doing charitable deeds as muslims during this holy month of. Ramadan our. Opportunity to. Ramadan and. We can help the needy. Impoverished communities by giving charity. And we can stay at home and. The poor and. God would be very happy. So im just thinking. About the purity perhaps of a very different kind where youre not working out how many did it is can i go to you how many if you were you going to. Well you dont have the opportunity to meet up with your friends and your family how is this perhaps in holland seeing your faith as a muslim. For me as a muslim i would say that one of the most important things is that really the one of the main things that you also have in ramadan that a lot of people go to the mosque for is learning is knowledge and theres actually been. Appropriated for a ship of people starting podcasts and other things on you tube and other places to help fill the void its almost too much in fact sometimes theres so many things that i would do i could feel my way with them but this is something that i think might actually be a great opportunity for a lot of people and find ways to connect with other communities but i hope that they dont take place of what happens in the mosque and again that aspect of not being able to do charity in person is very difficult but again a lot of opportunities are opened up such as launch is doing a good job of addressing a lot of that and giving us opportunities to practice it and a law when we are able to go by Community Person people will be able to do these things more in direct giving in the way that it is our custom as muscles. Their way to live right at the very beginning down but for you how has it been so satisfied briefly to. I have to say my kathy and and but i am blessed to have a home im blessed to be surrounded by adly and not alone and looking for its making the most out of this man and listening to what my fellow muslims are doing as well. And 2 comments from twitter 2 different comments from twitter we have budget mashi the spiritual uplift will be minimal because they wont be charts for public lectures and other essential gatherings and then accentuating the pulse to follow any says i am feeling optimistic many of the early muslims themselves may have fasted in seclusion we believe the prophet mohammed peace be upon him receive revelation in seclusion let me leave you with a delightful picture it is a picture of the delicious if dad didnt know that to have been a shared with family digitally so im going to do that just the same to you you can send live aid over that and i all im going to say is thank you so much gas for being with us doing this ramadan i know that it is not the easiest thing to talk for half an hour when you are fasting but we really do appreciate you being an hour away death joseph thank you very much indeed and thank you to you choose to keep putting all your comments into our show and if you are marking ramadan remember them mubarak thats all for todays the street i wish and see you next time i took. 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