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Pakistan mosques to stay open for Ramadan: “The mosque is a safe place. I am not afraid of the coronavirus.”

Apr 23, 2020 11:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

The government of Pakistan has decided to capitulate to Islamic clerics and leave mosques open for Ramadan, with the hope that its citizens will decide for themselves to stay home and pray, or otherwise be careful not to spread coronavirus, should they decide to attend mosque. Guidelines were provided “which includes keeping six feet distances between worshippers, the removal of carpets, disinfection of mosque floors and cooperation with authorities.” Many Western countries, including Canada, still are allowing flights from countries such as Pakistan and China, without proper screening.

More on this story. “Some Muslims refuse to pray at home despite the coronavirus,” by Shafique Khokhar, Asia News, April 20, 2020:

Islamabad (AsiaNews) – Many Muslims in Pakistan are refusing to stay home to pray and insist on going to mosques, thus going against the indications on how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The government has adopted a 20-point plan to fight the disease during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and prayer.

The strategy, which imposes restrictions on prayers in public, comes as the COVID-19 virus continues to affect more people with 8,000 reported cases and 159 deaths….

…But in many ways, religion is more important than anything else in Pakistan, even more important than the pandemic.

“The mosque is a safe place,” the owner of an Islamabad kiosk told AsiaNews. “I am not afraid of the coronavirus,” he added. Many people share his view and are ready to take risks just to pray in one…..

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  1. mortimer says

    Apr 23, 2020 at 11:21 am

    And … the mosque is ‘safe’ because this 7th-century scientist says so. He ‘knows’ what Allah will do … doesn’t he?

    Islam is supreme over modern virology. There you go.

    • keith says

      Apr 23, 2020 at 4:53 pm

      Islam is supreme over intelligence, common sense, rational thought ,,,the list goes on.

      • J D S says

        Apr 24, 2020 at 10:40 am

        Stupidity breeds more STUPIDITY!….Anyway death because mosques are left open brings less Muslims = Less Terrorist. No one should want death to happen to another human being but when human beings bring death upon themselves ……Well what can one say?

        No
        = Less terrorist.

  2. Anjuli Pandavar says

    Apr 23, 2020 at 11:48 am

    The Pakistani government has *no choice* but to leave the clergy to do exactly as they want. The clergy at the head of the frenzied mobs, together with the jihad-pushing army and security services, are the real wielders of power in the land. Having itself nurtured this monster for decades, it has finally come back to bite the government in the backside. To move against the clergy, especially now that its mediaeval population perceives the need for drawing very close to Allah, and Ramadan only a few days away, is to risk civil war. Whichever way this goes, Imran loses.

    • Save Europe says

      Apr 23, 2020 at 6:53 pm

      Has not Ramadan started today the 23rd?

      God help us !

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 24, 2020 at 11:38 pm

        It starts on the 25th.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 24, 2020 at 11:36 pm

      I’m sure you are right, Anjuli. Pakistani authorities couldn’t stop this if they wanted to.

  3. CogitoErgoSum says

    Apr 23, 2020 at 12:43 pm

    The Muslim god must be worshiped properly or its feelings will be hurt.

  4. lee says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 3:17 am

    New way of Jihad: Jihad against virus.

  5. andrew mckendrick says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 5:19 am

    Imran chose to ride The Islamic Tiger when it suited his drive for power , not so easy to dismount when it does not suit him.

  6. ibanbabuta says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 5:53 am

    They are right, Corona is not greater than almighty Allah..Please pray only in mosque. Always keep your trust in Allah..
    ~ An Indian Friend

  7. DhanushDhari Misra says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 10:33 am

    All Pakistanis should pray in the mosques as often as possible. They should huddle together closely as often as they can.

    If they do so Allah will save them.

    Same thing applies to the Turks ans the Malaysians.

  8. john mcmenamin says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 10:41 am

    When the islamists are being wiped out by covid-19, no Western Country offer should help, let them just disappear back into the Filth they crawled out from/

  9. don vito says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    This post is sheer delight to kufr like me. O believers do not imitate kufr, stay holy unto death, death is your object. Obey allah always.

  10. gravenimage says

    Apr 24, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    Pakistan mosques to stay open for Ramadan: “The mosque is a safe place. I am not afraid of the coronavirus.”
    ………………………

    This moron is happy to spread this to his fellow head-bangers.

  11. Bonnie Prince Charlie says

    Apr 25, 2020 at 6:16 am

    Some imams in Iran have decreed that a cup of camel urine 3 times a day for 3 days will ward off COVID-19 or cure those already afflicted. I would encourage all followers of the Prophet Mohammed to heed the words of their religious leaders.

  12. OLD GUY says

    Apr 25, 2020 at 10:56 am

    Go get em, if COVID-19 won’t get you maybe CAMEL PISS will, what an idiot.

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