Government heavily criticised online for not cancelling Friday prayers and masses. FMTNews Covid19 Egypt
A man waits for arrivals outside the Cairo International Airport on March 19.
The Ministry of Islamic Endowments said it will shut all mosques for two weeks “for the necessity of preserving souls”, but will allow them to broadcast prayer calls through loudspeakers.Earlier today, Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top Sunni Muslim authority, said it will shut its historic mosque in old Cairo starting from Saturday “for the safety of worshipers, and until the end of the Coronavirus epidemic”.
The country’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday ordered all its churches to shut their doors and suspend masses for two weeks over coronavirus fears, it said in a statement. Each parish will name only one church for funeral prayers and the sermons will be restricted to the family of the deceased.
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