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Mosques to remain open in Pakistan despite surging virus threat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan President Arif Alvi has announced that congregational prayers, including Taraweeh [evening] and Friday prayers, will be held in mosques across Pakistan during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins next week, Arab News reported.
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One more coronavirus case in Nepal, number rises to 31
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 19 (ANI): A 65-year-old man, who had sought shelter in a mosque in Udaypur district of eastern Nepal, tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, Nepal's health ministry said.
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Mosques in Pakistan to remain open during Ramzan amid raging coronavirus p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan decided on Saturday that mosques in the country would remain open during the holy month of Ramzan with certain conditions even as the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has crossed 7, 500.
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Coronavirus: No Friday prayers offered at mosques in Srinagar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 18 (ANI): No Friday prayers were offered at mosques in Srinagar, including the iconic Jamia Masjid, as the Central government has banned all gatherings to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.
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Police detain 15 persons for violating lockdown in Jaipur
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 18 (ANI): Fifteen people were detained here on Friday for defying social distancing norms and lockdown rules as they gathered at Ayesha mosque to offer prayers, police said.
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Tablighi Jamaat case: Maulana Saad demands copy of FIR from Delhi Police
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad has written to the Delhi Police, demanding a copy of the FIR registered in connection with an event at Markaz mosque in Nizamuddin.
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Muslim men appeal to allow prayers through loudspeakers from Jama Masjid t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): A Muslim man from the Jama Masjid area in the national capital has appealed authorities to allow prayers from loudspeakers at the mosque so that people can open Roza at their homes during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Muslim cleric urges people to pray at home during Ramzan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Imam of Shahi Masjid Fatehpuri, Mufti Mukarram Ahmed, has urged the Muslims to pray inside their homes and not congregate in the mosques during the holy month of Ramzan amid coronavirus scare and the nationwide lockdown.
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Lockdown : Ulemas, Muftis appeal for offering Ramzan prayers at home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 17 (ANI): Ulemas and Muftis from all schools of Islamic thoughts have appealed Muslim community to offer Taraveeh prayers at their homes, instead of going to the mosques, during the holy month of Ramzan while the nationwide lockdown imposed to prevent the
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123 persons assembled in mosques of Hindupuram town in AP, says state admi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Anantapuram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): There are 123 persons, who came from other places, in different mosques in Hindupuram town of the district, said Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) Srinivasulu on Wednesday.
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Pak clerics flout virus lockdown rules, say restrictions not applicable to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Defying all orders from the state to refrain from religious congregations to curb the spread of COVID-19, prominent ulemas and religious scholars from across Pakistan on Tuesday stated that the five daily prayers and the Friday prayers would be held in m
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Nine arrested for offering prayers in mosque in Vadodara despite lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], April 10 (ANI): Nine people were arrested in Gujarat's Vadodara for offering prayers at a mosque despite lockdown in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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