In diagnosis lies the cure, they say. While top-rated scientists around the world are scrambling to discover a vaccine against the novel coronavirus that has sickened millions, a Pakistani cleric appears to have divined a diagnosis.
The covid-19 pandemic, caused by the virus, is a manifestation of divine displeasure at the “wrongdoing" and “immodest actions" of women, Maulana Tariq Jamil reportedly said during a televised prayer meet in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Obscenity and nudity have occasioned the Almighty’s wrath in the form of the bug, asserted Maulana Jamil, who enjoys a huge following in the country to India’s west.