Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque reopened to worshippers on Sunday after a two-and-a-half-month COVID-19 closure, but Muslim authorities imposed some precautions as health officials warn of an uptick in local infections.
The resumption of prayers at Islam’s third-holiest site caps a sombre period for Jerusalem’s Muslims, who this year marked the holy fasting month of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitri holiday without their usual daily visits to Al-Aqsa and the adjoining Dome of the Rock.
The Council of Islamic Waqf cited the slowed local spread of COVID-19 in lifting entry restrictions and reopening the compound’s iconic shrines, which shut on March 15.
Hundreds of Muslims chanted…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
