Muslims in Malaysia, Indonesia mark Ramadan with unprecedented Covid-19 lockdowns
Friday, 24 Apr 2020 11:55 AM MYT
This year, the holy daytime fasting month will be a sombre affair for many across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The top Islamic organisation in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province publicly bucked a national order to stay at home. The threat of large religious gatherings has been highlighted in recent weeks by waves of infections in Asia, linked to separate, massive Islamic congregations in Malaysia, Pakistan and India.
And Pakistan has seen its mosques crammed in the lead up to Ramadan with the faithful sitting shoulder-to-shoulder and paying little heed to social distancing.Mohamad Shukri Mohamad, the top Islamic cleric in the conservative Malaysian state of Kelantan, planned to skip public prayers and family meals — even if it meant not seeing his six children and 18 grandchildren.“But we must accept it and obey the rules of social distancing to protect our lives.
Instead, Malaysians can only order from so-called “e-bazaars”, where people order goods online and have them delivered to their homes.
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