Ayatollah al-Modarresi urges reopening religious sites

A top Iraqi cleric called for reopening religious sites in the country while observing the health ‎protocols.‎

News ID: 450533

Date: 29 July 2020 - 16:47

RNA – Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi al-Modarresi, a top Iraqi cleric, called for reopening religious sites ‎in the country while observing the health protocols.
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The renowned Shi’ah source of emulation urged Iraqi authorities to open the doors of mosques and ‎pilgrimage sites while enforcing social distancing and measures like disinfecting and sterilizing the ‎sites, al-Sumaria TV reported.
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In a statement issued ahead of Eid al-Adha, the cleric also referred to closure of holy shrines, like ‎the mausoleum of Imam al-Husayn and the holding of Hajj with a very limited number of pilgrims and ‎urged people to pray and hold religious rituals at home while the current conditions continue.
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Classified a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the new coronavirus, a respiratory disease ‎known as COVID-19, emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province late last year.
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It has infected more than 16.4 million people and killed nearly 653,000 globally.
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The outbreak has had a major impact on global sporting, cultural, religious and political events, with ‎a host of events canceled or postponed and many religious, cultural and other sites closed.‎

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