“Worshippers rushed to the home of God to perform their obligatory duty after the reopening of mosques.”
Mask-clad worshippers flocked to Saudi mosques that reopened nationwide Sunday — except in the holy city of Mecca –- over two months after congregational prayers were halted under a coronavirus-triggered lockdown.They had been instructed to bring their own prayer mats and to perform the cleansing ritual, or ablution, at home, instead of in mosque grounds.
The ministry posted a video showing a mosque with many worshippers wearing face masks and reaching out for a large bottle of hand sanitiser after prayers. The kingdom, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in the Gulf, is emerging from a full nationwide curfew imposed during Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The interior ministry intends to ease restrictions in a phased manner, with the curfew lifted nationwide –- except in Mecca — between 6:00 am and 8:00 pm until June 20.In Mecca, a virus hotspot, the curfew will be lifted between 6:00 am and 3:00 pm until June 20, and thereafter the curfew will be shortened by a further five hours.In March, it suspended the year-round “umrah” pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
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