Muslims in #SaudiArabia perform Fajr prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque in #Medina for the first time in two months as the country begins to ease its #coronavirus restrictions.
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Link: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/04/01/Saudi-Arabia-urges-countries-to-defer-Hajj-Umrah-plans-amid-coronavirus-Minister.html Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya English Wednesday 01 April 2020 Text size AAA Saudi Arabia is asking Muslims around the world to be patient and delay their plans for the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages amid uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Kingdom’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah said. The Kingdom’s Minister of Hajj and …
University of Utrecht: Religious Matters in an Entangled World Link: https://religiousmatters.nl/on-secularization-and-the-coronavirus-in-iran/?fbclid=IwAR05gk1-hWJsxOJuEP0paNkS-U8OffPltsU5-zqTJt-qqjjNqewN10ZnrCE
The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments took to Twitter on Monday night to announce that are temporarily suspended congregational prayers, including those offered on Friday, in all mosques, prayer facilities and areas of worship across the country, to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 contagion. The directive, effective from 9pm on March 16 …
From Al JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/iran-reports-113-virus-deaths-containment-concerns-mount-200315180552632.html COVID-19 has killed a member of the clerical body that appoints the supreme leader, according to Iranian state media, the latest official in the country to die of the highly infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus. Ayatollah Hashem Bathayi Golpayegani, 78, died two days after testing positive for the new …
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