Srinagar :28 April: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid (AAJ) in a statement said that police officials visited Jama Masjid today morning asking the Auqaf to suspend all congregational prayers at the Jama Masjid as section 144 has came into effect.
In view of the rapid spread of covid 19, although all SOPs were being strictly adhered to during prayers, Anjuman has decided to suspend all congregational prayers at the mosque for the time being for the safety of namazis.
Khateeb Jamia Masjid asks people not to congregate in mosques
Meanwhile Khateeb Jamia Masjid Srinagar Syed Ahmed Syed Thursday made an appeal to people to not congregate and offer namaz at home.
Syed Ahmed Syed told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Government should impose lockdown across Kashmir Valley like last year.
“It is the need of the hour to close public parks, tourist places, shrines and mosques. People should offer prayers at home and supplicate before Almighty Allah,” Syed said.
While emphasizing the need to observe social distancing as the only measure to combat coronavirus, head cleric of Jamia Masjid even made an appeal to Ulemas and clerics of Jammu and Kashmir who yield influence over people to direct the community against congregation in the mosques. (KNT)
