{"id":70391,"date":"2020-10-18T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=70391"},"modified":"2020-10-22T05:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:43:00","slug":"prayers-resume-at-grand-mosque-in-mecca-after-7-month-pause-for-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/70391-prayers-resume-at-grand-mosque-in-mecca-after-7-month-pause-for-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers resume at Grand Mosque in Mecca after 7-month pause for virus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-19_03-55-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-19_03-55-22.jpg 750w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-19_03-55-22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-19_03-55-22-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Worshippers returned to perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Sunday, marking the second stage of lifting of Covid-19 restrictions at the Muslim holy site.<br>Images that surfaced from official accounts showed worshippers performing fajr prayers at the Grand Mosque.<br>Earlier this month, a very small, limited number of people circled Islam&#8217;s holiest site in Mecca after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months.<br>The kingdom had taken the rare step of suspending the smaller &#8220;umrah&#8221; pilgrimage that draws millions year-round from across the world in early March as the coronavirus morphed into a global pandemic and prompted countries to impose lockdowns and curfews to slow down transmission.<br>But as nations began to ease those restrictions, the Saudi government started allowing a maximum of 6,000 pilgrims a day to enter the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca.<br>Only Saudi citizens and residents were permitted to enter the mosque during this first phase of reopening, and each person had up to three hours to complete the pilgrimage.<br>The Grand Mosque, which is being sterilized and cleaned multiple times a day, houses the cube-shaped Kaaba that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day.<br>Before visitors can enter the mosque to pray or perform the umrah, they have to apply and reserve a specific time and date through an online application to avoid crowding and maintain social distancing.<br>Sunday&#8217;s move to allow visitors into the mosque marks the second stage of lifting of restrictions, which authorities earlier this month confirmed would see a maximum of 15,000 pilgrims and 40,000 enter the mosque for prayer based on allocated times via the app.<br>Muslim travelers from outside Saudi Arabia could be allowed to perform the umrah pilgrimage as early as Nov. 1, the interior ministry said.<br>Saudi Arabia recently began easing some restrictions on international flights for the first time since March.<br>Despite taking early and sweeping measures to contain the virus, Saudi Arabia has recorded nearly 341,854 cases, including 5,165 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worshippers returned to perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Sunday, marking the second stage of lifting of Covid-19 restrictions at the Muslim holy site.Images that surfaced from official accounts showed worshippers performing fajr prayers at the Grand Mosque.Earlier this month, a very small, limited number of people circled Islam&#8217;s holiest site in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31],"tags":[1636,290,1607],"class_list":["post-70391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atabat","category-news","tag-grand-mosque","tag-mecca","tag-virus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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