Coronavirus: Muslims prepare to mark Ramadan, Hari Raya at home

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Restrictions on mass worship in the region to counter the spread of Covid-19 pose a challenge to devotees.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

When the Muslim month of Ramadan begins later this month, Republic Polytechnic associate lecturer Suhaila Jamat and her family will have no choice but to stay indoors.

Mass worship at mosques, temples and churches in many parts of the world have been put on hold as a measure against the Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far killed more than 100,000. Over 1.7 million have been infected by the coronavirus, which causes Covid-19. The Indonesian Ulema Council has urged mosque-goers to wash their hands often and to use their own prayer mats so as to minimise contact.

If the circuit breaker measures are lifted, mosques may reopen, but even so, precautionary measures could remain, including limits on the number of congregants, he added. FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC TOGETHER After two weeks of praying five times a day at home, Indonesian cameraman Harry Syahrizal, 50, was"missing the mosque too much" and he sneaked out for a quick congregational prayer with his neighbours.

Some 16,000 followers attended a religious convention that it organised in Kuala Lumpur in late February, which later became the region's largest Covid-19 cluster. Two weeks later, another 8,000 members gathered in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, before the authorities ordered that the event be cancelled.

 

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