Outrage over mass Bangladeshi Covid-19 prayers
Thousands of Muslims taking part in a special prayer in a southern Bangladesh town seeking protection from the coronavirus. – AFP pic, March 19, 2020.
A MASSIVE coronavirus prayer session with tens of thousands of devotees sparked an outcry in Bangladesh yesterday as the South Asian nation reported its first death from the global pandemic. Local police chief Tota Miah said some 10,000 Muslims gathered in an open field in Raipur town in southern Bangladesh to pray “healing verses” from the Quran to rid the country of the deadly virus.
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