The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has completed all the equipment to open more than 90,000 mosques and mosques in various regions of the Kingdom tomorrow, Sunday, except in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, according to the precautionary measures and instructions recently approved by the Ministry in coordination with the competent authorities to prevent an outbreak Corona Virus.
This came in a statement issued by the ministry, in which it stated that the maintenance, operation and sterilization teams in the various mosques and mosques in the regions of the Kingdom have completed all preparations for opening the mosques after their sterilization, cleanliness, maintenance, and setting educational boards to take precautionary measures that are in line with the decisions issued by the Ministry of Health to prevent the spread of the Corona virus.
The Ministry has prepared an awareness-raising media plan that will continue to be implemented in cooperation with channels, radio and newspaper and electronic newspapers and through its digital platforms and electronic portal and with the participation of scholars, preachers and imams of mosques and mosques in the regions of the Kingdom to publish instructions and precautionary measures in international languages to urge imams and muezzins of mosques and worshipers to adhere to them for their safety, including ablution at home and washing hands well and using Sterilizers before and after attending the mosque, and urged the elderly and chronic disease holders to have their prayers at home, reading from the electronic mobile Qur’an or bringing the private Qur’an, bringing the special carpet and not leaving it after the prayer, keeping a distance of no less than two meters between each worshiper and another, and not accompanying Children under 15 years of age, wear a cloth muzzle, avoid shaking hands, and not be crowded when entering or exiting mosques.
The ministry finished printing a quarter of a million panels for instructional instructions and international languages, which began to be distributed in the mosques and mosques of the Kingdom to spread awareness among mosque goers about the need to take precautionary measures to prevent the Corona virus.
The Ministry directed all associations and advocacy and guidance offices concerned with community advocacy, which numbered more than 420 cooperative offices, to double their efforts to educate communities of their different languages through electronic platforms, educational brochures and educational videos to spread awareness of them about going to mosques.
The Ministry also directed all of its branches in the regions of the Kingdom to intensify control tours with the participation of branch managers and more than four thousand monitors to determine the needs of mosques and the extent of applying preventive measures and reporting daily reports on violators of the decisions of the Ministry, and the Ministry is currently working on ending the procedures for appointing all observers in the regions to the jobs that were previously announced where The Riyadh branch has begun completing the procedures for appointing 600 mosque monitors, 100 of whom are women.
The ministry indicated in its statement that it continues in the cleaning and sterilization operations through the leading national companies in all mosques and mosques covered in contracts and not covered according to the highest quality standards, and called on citizens and residents to take precautionary measures and cooperate with the ministry for their safety and report deficiencies in the services provided or submit proposals or Inquiries by calling the unified call center 1933, which works to achieve more communication with citizens to provide the best services for the homes of God.
At the end of its statement, the Ministry thanked and appreciated the wise leadership in the Kingdom for the continuous support that it finds in all its work to serve the homes of God and the call to God according to a method based on moderation and moderation, and also thanked all governmental and private bodies that contributed with it in completing these preparations and preparing mosques to be a suitable place For reverence and reassurance, and to preserve the integrity of the worshipers.