Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 15: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), headed by Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq today asked the government to lift restrictions, imposer in view of Covid-19, on offering Friday prayers in central mosques of Jammu and Kashmir.
A spokesperson of the MMU in a statement asked the Government to remove the restrictions on offering Friday prayers in central mosques of J&K due to Covid-19, in view of the rapid slowing down of Covid-19 cases in J&K, before Eid ul Azha.
The statement said that on the advice of medical experts, parks, market places shopping malls, restaurants, hotels etc. have been allowed to open with the condition of following Covid appropriate SOPs, similarly all central places of worship in Jammu and Kashmir, which include the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Dargah Hazratbal Srinagar, Khanqah-e-Mu’ala, Imambarah Budgam, and other main mosques, shrines and imambarahs, that had been closed in view of the Pandemic, should now be allowed to hold Friday prayers and Eid-ul-Adha prayers adhering to strict Covid protocol.
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