Coronavirus - Symptoms and Diagnosis

A newly detected virus named Coronavirus have appeared in Chinese city of Wuhan which have claimed more than 43 lives worldwide till now. It have infected hundreds of Chinese citizens with a pneumonia-like illness, according to China's National Health Commission. This virus arrived in United States and Europe this week. The bulk are in China, with a handful of cases confirmed in Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the US, where a man is his 30s in Washington state and a woman in 70s has been confirmed to have the disease. Further spread was confirmed on this friday when Australia announced its first confirmed case and France announced three confirmed cases.

Here is the breakdown as it stands : 

• China: 923 confirmed cases
• Thailand: 5 confirmed cases 
• Singapore: 3 confirmed cases
• France: 3 confirmed cases
• Vietnam: 2 confirmed cases 
• Japan: 2 confirmed cases
• South Korea: 2 confirmed cases
• US: 2 confirmed cases
• Australia: 1 confirmed case

Wuhan the epicenter of this virus has been shut downed  to reduce the spread of the virus, canceling transportation leaving the city starting at 10 a.m. Thursday. The travel restrictions were extended to four other cities (Huanggang, Ezhou, Chibi and Zhijiang) later that day, and constraints were announced in nine more cities on Friday -- impacting more than 35 million people. 

The restrictions come during a busy travel period for China, when citizens typically travel for the Lunar New Year. Major public events Chinese capital Beijing have been canceled, and both Beijing's Forbidden city and Shanghai's Disneyland said they'd close from Saturday. All of the restrictions and closures will last indefinitely.

The symptoms of most coronaviruses are similar to any other upper respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, common cold and sometimes a fever. In most cases, you won't know whether you have a coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus. 

You could get lab tests, including nose and throat cultures and blood testes, to find out whether your cold was caused by a coronavirus, but there's no reason to. The test results wouldn't change how you treat your symptoms, which typically go away in a few days.

But if a coronavirus infection spreads to the lower respiratory tract (your windpipe and your lungs), it can cause pneumonia, especially in older people, people with heart disease, or people with weakened immune systems.

Till now not a single case is confirmed in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. In south Asia Nepal is the only country where coronovirus have appeared. In the case of the appearance of above mentioned symptoms, you should immediately contact local medical authorities and handle this deadly disease more than seriously. 

Reviving an Islamic Tradition : Story from Turkey

"Spread wheat on the tops of mountains so it cannot be said that a bird went hungry in the land of the Muslims."

~ Hazrat Umar bin Abdulaziz رضي الله عنه

This is a very old Islamic tradition, still alive in parts of Turkey.

When a white blanket of snow covers everything - people go to the tops of mountains peaks and scatter seeds and food for the birds through the snowing season so as not to let the birds die of starvation. 

This deed was started by the Muslim Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz.

A beautiful story to read for everyone

A father before he died said to his son:
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“This is a watch your grandfather gave and this is more than 200 years old, but before I give it to you go to the watch shop on the first street, and tell him I want to sell it, and see how much it is”.
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The son went to the watch shop and then came back to his father, and said, “the watchmaker said he'll pay 5 dollars because it's old”.
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The father said : “Go to the coffee shop”.
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The son went to the coffee shop and then came back to his father, and said : “The coffeemaker said he'll pay $5”.
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The father said : “Go to the museum and show that watch”.
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The son went to the museum and then came back, and said to his father : “They offered me a million dollars for this piece”.
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The father said : “I wanted to let you know that the right place values your value in the right way. Don't put yourself in the wrong place and get angry if they don't value you.
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Who knows your value is who appreciates you, don't stay in a place that doesn't suit you”.
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Know your worth!

Indian Muslims are Not Dead : They Proved It Successfully

Muslims of India are supposed to prove their citizenship in upcoming years but they have already proved that they are the people with alive consciousness and they'll not let the fascist regime to do whatever they want and get away with it. Modi-Shah were hoping that Muslims will don't utter a single word against their decision as they had already not responded for Babri masjid, triple-talak and such other unconstitutional verdicts. Muslims in India usually protest more often than not but questioning the citizenship of a big part of population who have strong roots in this country seems to be provocating. Regime's efforts to make Muslims stateless and second class citizens are seen as red line by the majority of Muslims. 

From the day one all puppets of modi-Shah are repeating a big lie e.g. - "NRC and CAA have nothing to do with the Muslims of India." This includes the top brass of Indian Muslim society and notable public figures from throughout the country. Students of Jamia and the people of Delhi rejected Maulana Mahmood Madni and Imam Bukhari respectively. This shows that people are not ready to got cheated by these so called big faces inside the community. Now its crystal clear that either it is NRC, CAA or NPR, all of these schemes have to do everything with the Muslims of India. These are full fledged plans to make Muslims stateless. Even if Modi-Shah and other leaders in ruling government don't accept this, WhatsApp and Facebook groups of BJP IT cell, hindutva fascists or even common Hindus say the same. WhatsApp forwards of making Muslim population half without any bloodshed are circulating and at the end this is for what radicalized Hindu population have voted for Modi. People who are protesting against these black laws are those who believe in constitution and idea of India. Supporters are those who hate one sect of population and want to make India a religion based country, the idea which was rejected back in 1947. 

                        I saw a lot of Liberals (including Shahi Tharoor) opposing the use of Islamic slogans at protest sites saying that this struggle is for India and not for the Islam or Muslim. This claim shows the ideological emptiness of Indian liberals. Muslims are standing at the door of genocide due to their religious identity. From recently highlighted mob lynching to the never ending anti-Muslim riots supported by police and authorities, Muslims are facing all this due to their identity and religion. I don't know how anyone who is protesting against this can have so much problems with Muslim identity. Either these pseudo liberals are absent minded or they are fascists undercover. A sane person cannot play so much double role. Too much Muslims coming out and speaking for themselves is a scene which scares Indian liberals. They are asking the Muslims to make their protests less Muslim looking because they want to hijack the whole resistance movement for their political gain. All they want is to take the Muslim votes, claiming to be the representative of the Muslims and do more to marginalize the already backward Muslims. Indian liberals are doing this since 1947 individually and vis political parties. 

            Muslims organized huge protests and gatherings against NRC-CAA but Congress party and its top leadership didn't appeared on the ground at the heat of moment. Neither Rahul Gandhi nor Sonia organized a single protest on the ground. A lot of congress leaders were celebrating the verdict against Babri Masjid but none of them opposed NRC-CAA. Congress was already known as Hindutva enabler but nowadays it is supporting much more radical "militant Hindutva." This is enough to understand that why congress leaders like Shshi Tharoor are worried by the use of basic Islamic slogans during protests. 

At the starting of new year 2020 Muslims in India are matching on the roads demanding Equal rights and restorie their citizenship. This is for the first time Muslims came out in bulk and show their concern to not only home country but to all of the world. Foreign media is doing much more sensitive and needed coverage of resistance struggle as compare to the Indian media. Muslims are out with little support from Hindus and this shows that Muslims don't need anyone to speak for themselves. Other reasons why these protests are vibrant is the participation of Muslim women in them. From the day one Muslim women are leading the struggle. These are the same women who were portrayed as "helpless Muslim women" who need the help from Modi for their rise up. Powerful images of girls appeared from Jamia and AMU where girl students countered the barbarian Police. Women from all major cities registered their notable presence. I'm mentioning this specially because this trait of the Muslim society have very higher significance in the terms of India. When Hindu women are struggling to get inside Sabrimala and badly lacking justice for dowery related domestic violence, Muslim women are filling the leadership vacuum in their community. This fact busted the long repeated deceptive lie that Muslim women are very much oppressed. 

All propaganda of Hindutava fascists have shattered after these popular agitations against their regime. Muslims were getting killed and persecuted since 47 but all governments of India managed to export its secularist image worldwide. These apartheid based laws have badly exposed the majoritarian and authoritarian nature of Imdia. Almost every single media channel in India is owned by pro Hindutva bourgeois and they have done everything possible to dehumanize Muslims. The psyche of  Indian society has been damaged beyond repair. Muslims of India have just started their struggles for the end of undeclared apartheid against them. Education, gender equality and progressiv attitude can make them successful if they focus on these sectors within their society.