Senegalese Return To Mosques As COVID-19 Restrictions Ease
A Muslim worshipper prays before Friday prayers at the Mosque of the Mourides, which open for its first Friday prayers after two months in Dakar on May 15, 2020. JOHN WESSELS / AFPSome Senegalese mosques opened their doors on Friday after the government eased coronavirus restrictions, but others judged the rate of infection too high and stayed shut.
More than 90 percent of Senegal is Muslim and most of the faithful follow Sufi brotherhoods, which retain considerable influence in the nation of 16 million people. Mosque spokesman Mor Daga Sylla told AFP that religious authorities had insisted the faithful wash their hands and keep one metre away from one another.A similar scene played out in the Dakar suburb of Mbao, where water and soap were placed in front of the local mosque, and the majority of worshippers wore facemasks.
But as with other poor countries in the region, there are fears that it is ill equipped to handle a large outbreak.
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