- Indian government charges Tableeghi Jamaat leader with culpable homicide for surge in coronavirus cases.
- Saudi Arabia considers cancelling Hajj pilgrimage, for the first time since it became a nation, as precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19.
- Saudi Arabia’s Council of Supreme scholars calls upon practicing Muslims to pray at home during Ramadan.
- United Kingdom cemetery adopts new burial practices, compliant with local interpretations of Islamic law, amid rising coronavirus deaths.
- Ramadan 2020 will be heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and government mandated safety precautions.
- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issues fatwa on fasting during Ramadan amid pandemic.
- United Arab Emirates Fatwa Council issues statement saying COVID-19 patients and frontline workers need not fast during Ramadan.
- Muslim scholars around the world discuss Ramadan fasting obligations for Muslims who cannot practice social distancing.
- Academic advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt issues controversial statement noting that a specialized committee is studying the legal opinion on fasting during Ramadan in light of the spread of coronavirus.
- Indian religious leaders, clerics, and intellectuals call for Muslims to follow social distancing norms during Ramadan, noting a religious duty to curb the spread of coronavirus.
- Islamic law scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl calls for religious people, especially Muslims, to take a “conscientious pause” amidst the pandemic, as reported by Alia Hogben, The Kingston Whig-Standard.