United News of India
New Delhi, Apr 21: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here on Tuesday said that the Muslim community has decided to offer prayers and perform rituals from their homes during coming holy month of Ramadan, just like they did during Shab-e-Barat, to maintain the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 spread.
He said that all the Muslim religious leaders, Imams, religious and social organisations and the Muslim community have jointly decided to offer prayers and perform rituals while staying inside their homes.
Most of the Muslim nations of the world have also banned mass gathering at mosques and other religious places during Ramadan, he said.
Naqvi told mediapersons that more than 30 state Waqf boards have started working on the strategy to ensure strict implementation of lockdown, curfew and social distancing during Ramadan.
All this is being done with the coordination and cooperation of all the religious leaders, Imams and local administration, he said.
The entire country has been fighting unitedly against the pandemic, he said adding that keeping in view the challenges, all the religious-social activities and mass gathering in all the temples, gurudwaras, churches and other religious and social places of the country have been banned.
Similarly, Naqvi said, any mass gathering in mosques and other Islamic religious places of the country has also been banned.
