Anti-lockdown protesters in Guinea on Wednesday forced open a handful of mosques that had been shut for weeks, according to witnesses, demonstrators, and a local official.
It came a day after seven people were killed in clashes with police during protests against roadblocks set up during the pandemic and frequent power cuts in the impoverished West African country.
Dozens of worshippers in the eastern town of Kamsar entered a mosque and thoroughly cleaned it before praying there, a witness said. “The government is unable to protect us from the virus, so we are leaving it to God alone. How can markets stay open, but mosques be closed?” one young protester said on condition of anonymity.Another protester said “we have won – we prayed in the mosque. We are no longer wearing masks. It’s over.”Politician Karamoko Bangoura described the scene as local media reported that around four or five mosques had been reopened under similar circumstances near the capital Conakry.
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