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ASIA ‘Use COVID Crisis To Conquer Hate Through Service Of Humanity’: Religious Leaders https://indiatomorrow.net/2021/05/10/use-covid-crisis-to-conquer-hate-through-service- of-humanity-religious-leaders/

Religious institutions offer premises for Covid-19 https://mattersindia.com/2020/07/religious-institutions-offer-premises-for-covid-19/

Many mosques in India turned into COVID centres amid virus surge https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/10/places-of-worship-try-to-help-indians-deal- with-covid-19-crisis

Tablighis perform last rites of 560 Covid victims in Tirupati https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/tablighis-perform-last-rites-of-560-covid- victims-in-tirupati-250808

Tablighi Jamaat and other volunteers conduct funerals of COVID-19 victims in Tirupati https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/once-demonised-tablighi-jamaat-and- volunteers-conduct-funerals-covid-19-victims-tirupati-now

These Muslims from UP performed last rites of Hindus who died of Covid-19, setting example of harmony http://twocircles.net/2021may07/442111.html

As Family Stays Away Fearing Covid, Muslims Help Man Perform Last Rites of Wife in Meerut https://in.news.yahoo.com/family-stays-away-fearing-covid-115300719.html

Covid-19 positive woman’s body lies in mortuary for days, Muslim man performs last rites https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/covid-positive-woman-body- mortuary-muslim-man-last-rites-1799152-2021-05-05

Two Muslim Brothers Perform Last Rites of Hindu Man Who Died of Covid-19 in Telangana https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/two-muslim-brothers-perform-last-rites-of-hindu- man-who-died-of-covid-19-in-telangana-3658568.html

Show of humanity: Coimbatore man arranges hearse, funeral services for Covid victims https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/coimbatore-man-provides-free- hearse-service-funeral-of-covid-victims-1796076-2021-04-29

‘Was Scared to Help’: Muslim-Christian Duo Cremate Hindu Man https://www.thequint.com/news/india/hindu-man-cremated-muslim-and-christian- volunteers-bengaluru-karnataka#read-more

Christian groups team up for food scheme in India https://www.ucanews.com/news/christian-groups-team-up-for-food-scheme-in- india/92405?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UCAN+Evng+N ewsletter+10+May+(Copy)#

Hindu-majority Ayodhya village elects Muslim cleric its pradhan https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hindu-majority-ayodhya-village-elects-muslim- cleric-its-pradhan/articleshow/82539223.cms

Dominated by Hindus, Ayodhya village elects Muslim man as gram pradhan https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/dominated-by-hindus-ayodhya- village-elects-muslim-man-as-gram-pradhan-101620655999395.html

Muslim Ambulance Driver Performs Last Rites of Homeless Hindu Woman Who Died of Covid in Kashmir https://in.news.yahoo.com/muslim-ambulance-driver-performs-last-073300928.html

An Indian Army officer remembers how observing roza in Kashmir changed his life https://scroll.in/article/994228/an-indian-army-officer-remembers-how-observing-roza-in- kashmir-changed-his-life

Food for thought as Indonesian Catholics serve Muslims at Ramadan https://www.ucanews.com/news/food-for-thought-as-indonesian-catholics-serve-muslims- at- ramadan/92414?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UCAN+Evn g+Newsletter+10+May+(Copy)

Fight against violent extremism a ‘war of ideas’, says Muslim World League chief https://www.arabnews.com/node/1853186/saudi-arabia

AFRICA Senegalese Christian youth show religious solidarity during Ramadan https://www.africanews.com/2021/04/23/senegalese-christian-youth-show-religious- solidarity-during-ramadan/?fbclid=IwAR05sLViCEpjYh1fdUT0NWydIN4G6dujQzuENyz7FfFtk- _zOF8UKZaLDRE

EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA Pope Francis prays for pandemic-stricken India https://mattersindia.com/2021/05/pope-francis-prays-for-pandemic-stricken-india/ Why Muslims in Nashville are praying at a Methodist church https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/4853336001