Saudi Arabia suspends prayers at mosques over coronavirus

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Saudi Arabia suspends prayers at mosques over coronavirus
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that mosques would no longer accept worshipers for the customary five daily prayers and the weekly Friday prayer, in exceptional measures intended to help  limit the spread of the coronavirus.
  
Prayers will continue only at the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina, the holiest places in Islam, state news agency SPA reported, citing a decision from the Council of Senior Scholars, the kingdom's highest religious body.
 
Mosques will close their doors temporarily but continue to issue the ritual call to prayer, which will direct people to pray in their homes rather than come to the mosque, SPA said.
  
Islamic Affairs Minister Abdulatif al-Sheikh told state television that facilities for washing the dead at mosques that have them would remain open but access would be restricted to a few people. Praying over the dead will only be permitted at the cemetery, not in the mosque, he added.
 
Saudi Arabia, with 133 reported infections and no deaths, has taken drastic measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, including suspending the Umrah pilgrimage, halting all international flights, and closing most public establishments.
 
 
 
REUTERS
 

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