Kashmir's Inspector General of Police, Vijay Kumar, on July 01 urged masjid committees to net let terrorists use religious places following today's fire incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore.
More than 1,500 mosques are due to reopen Sunday in the holy city of Mecca amid strict health precautions after three-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, a media report said.
Tablighi Jamaat's head, Maulana Saad spotted in CCTV when he went to offer friday prayer in Abu Bakar Masjid in Delhi. Delhi Police has been searching for him for so long.
Devotees offered prayers at Eidgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on June 08. People are being screened before they enter the mosque, social distancing norms were being followed.
Religious places in Uttar Pradesh have reopened today's along with rest of the country, however, many districts including Kanpur will have to wait to see reopening of worshiping places.
Temples and Mosque in Delhi is all set to re-open their doors for devotees. Government has allowed reopening of all religious places from June 08.
Sanitisation was done at Fatehpuri Masjid on June 07. Places of worship are set to reopen from June 08, after the Ministry of Home Affairs allowed the opening of places of worship with certain precautionary measures amid COVID-19 outbreak.
The worshippers will not stand shoulder-to-shoulder in mosques when they reopen along with other places of worship after two-and-half months on Monday. Managing committees and caretakers of mosques are busy making arrangements to meet the new requirements of social distancing to check the spread of COVID-19.
Saudi authorities have closed down 39 mosques in the Kingdom after coronavirus infections were suspected among worshippers or those in charge of the sites, state-media reported.
Churches and mosques in Goa have decided to remain closed for some more time, even though the state government has allowed reopening of religious places from Monday as part of the lockdown relaxations.
Despite a green signal by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for opening up of places of religious worship, as prescribed by the central government's Unlock-1 guidelines, mosques in Goa will continue to be shut.
Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram has decided not to open mosque for the public even after government relaxation.
Despite a green signal by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for opening up of places of religious worship, as prescribed by the central government's Unlock-1 guidelines, mosques in Goa will continue to be shut, according to an advisory issued on Saturday by the Association of All Goa Muslim Jamaats.
The central government has allowed reopening of religious places from June 08 amid coronavirus pandemic. Sanitisation work and preparations are underway in a mosque at Lucknow.
After remaining closed for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which is the third-holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, started welcoming worshippers from Sunday again.
Shut for over two months due to the coronavirus lockdown, thousands of religious worship in Karnataka may be allowed to reopen from June 1, keeping social distancing and other norms in place.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that he will only allow churches, mosques and temples to reopen in the state from June 1. It may be noted that the fourth phase of the lockdown ends on March 31.
Mosques in Saudi Arabia will re-open for Friday prayers this week as the country prepares to relax the lockdown measures in place to check the spread of COVID-19
Over 20 people were booked by the Muzaffarnagar Police on Monday for defying restrictions to offer namaz prayers together in a mosque on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. A case was registered against all the violators who gathered despite repeated appeals by the administration.
Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir on May 24 amid coronavirus pandemic. Mosques remain closed for devotees on this occasion in Jammu due to COVID-19 lockdown.
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