Coronavirus meets religion #10
[ by Charles Cameron — donations solicited, camels’ urine tippled, Afghan Sikhs attacked ]
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Not sure about this one:
Jackson Daily News, Television in the coronavirus age
Joel Osteen. Prosperity gospel mogul Joel Osteen promises his audience that the Coronavirus will end if he gets donations of $5 million in the next 24 hours. Guest Creflo Dollar tells Osteen, “I wish I’d have thought of that!” A gullible third-world nation goes bankrupt giving it a try.
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Pretty sure about this one:
man promotes using camel urine as a cure for coronavirus and other respiratory diseases according to Islamic medicine from r/facepalm
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And then there’s this — tragedy in the making!
The Last Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan Plead for U.S. Help
The last community of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan is seeking asylum in the U.S. after suffering an attack by Islamic State extremists, posing a test of the Trump administration’s pledge to protect and support religious minorities world-wide.
The Islamic State attack targeting a Sikh temple in Kabul last month killed 25 people, while dozens of others were taken hostage in a six-hour siege ending in a gun battle with Afghanistan’s commandos, the elite army unit that works closely with U.S. Special Forces.
