The Council on American–Islamic Relations has advised mosques to remain shuttered despite instructions by president for places of worship to reopen.
The biggest Islamic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. has suggested there is a degree of irony in President Donald Trump deeming a mosque an"essential" place that should reopen, having once instigated a ban on Muslims entering the country.
Some religious communities have greeted with caution the order by Trump to reopen places of worship. He said he had instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidance for churches, synagogues, mosques and places where adherents of other faiths can gather,"Ministers, pastors, rabbis, imams and other faith leaders will make sure that their congregations are safe as they gather and pray," Trump said in the announcement on Friday, describing them as"essential places that provide essential services." A sign is displayed outside the Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque in Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 24, 2020. Most mosques will remain closed despite the order by President Donald Trump that places of worship would be allowed to reopen.However, Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of the Council on American–Islamic Relations said that the country's Muslim schools and community leaders"have already determined that mosques will not be open in the near future because of the health concerns brought on by the pandemic. "That's a determination for them to make, not for the president to make," he said, according to NPR."I don't anticipate any mosques changing plans based on what was said by the guy who launched the Muslim ban," Hooper said, referring to thewhich sought to ban the entry of foreign nationals from several Muslim majority countries. While some mosques, such as in Houston, will open with limits on attendance, most Muslim communities are turning to technology to celebrate Eid al-Fitr this weekend, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. The Islamic Society of Boston's two mosques will stream a virtual Eid sermon and communal takbir, followed by Eid car parades, Religion News reported. Meanwhile, a televised Eid service in Michigan will be streamed on social media on Sunday morning, while the international Ismaili Muslim community's new online streaming channel, tweeted that it will mark the occasion with a two-day concert by Ismaili musicians. The Fiqh Council of North America said in a statement that Muslims should perform Eid prayers in their homes alone or with their own families and encouraged mosques to broadcast their sermons. Sheikh Abdul Nasir Jangda, founder of the Qalam Foundation in Texas, said worshippers could still mark the occasion at home. "We face the prospect of an Eid that is difficult and challenging. Similar to our mindset in Ramadan, we can and should find a way to have a joyous and meaningful Eid," he said in a statement., shows the U.S. states with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases across the U.S. as of May 22.
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