An urgent statement from the “government” on the “closure of mosques” in anticipation of the second wave of the Corona virus

The news has spread on some websites and social media pages about the issuance of a decision to close all mosques, in anticipation of the second wave of the Corona virus, and the Media Center of the Council of Ministers contacted the Endowments Ministry, which denied this news, confirming that there is no validity for any decision to close all mosques. Emphasizing that the decision to open mosques for all prayers remains in force without changes and under the supervision of the departments of endowment of each governorate, indicating the full commitment to apply all precautionary and preventive measures, with the continuation of the cleaning campaigns and sterilization of all mosques, and decisive measures are also taken against those in charge of following up on verified violations. Implementation or lax implementation of procedures.

In a related context, all ministry workers, mosques, imams and preachers are being warned of the need to adhere to precautionary and preventive measures to face Coronavirus, while instructing and urging the faithful to adhere. to these checkpoints, make personal prayer and do not allow any devotee to enter mosques without wearing a mask, as well as an emphasis on workers. On the clear indications of spacing between the faithful and the lack of opening of the bathrooms, this adds to taking decisive measures against those who are shown to be in breach of the procedures or negligence in their implementation in the scope of what was assigned, as well as those who demonstrate that they do not wear a mask in their workplace, and in the event that the faithful do not adhere to them. Any mosque with declared controls, the mosque will be closed immediately and the person responsible for the violation will be punished.

In the end, we call on all citizens not to get carried away by this false news, which aims to generate confusion in public opinion, with the importance of returning to the Ministry in case of any query by calling the Ministry’s Information Center ( 02/23931216).