The Jordanian capital, Amman, and a number of governorates witnessed protests yesterday, Wednesday, against the government's decision to prevent the holding of Fajr, Maghrib, Dinner and Friday prayers in mosques, as part of measures to combat the outbreak of the new Corona virus (Covid-19).

The protesters demanded - in stands called by the Islamic Action Front - to open the doors of mosques for prayer, while affirming commitment to preventive measures.

A day ago, 70 Jordanian Sharia scholars sent a letter to the country's King Abdullah II, demanding that some group prayers be allowed to be performed in mosques.

The text of the message, which was seen by the Anadolu Agency, read: "We ask Your Majesty to reduce the ban on Friday for all prayer times and for a period of 40 minutes for each prayer, while lifting the ban on Tarawih prayers (during the coming month of Ramadan) for an hour to be performed with the evening prayer."

In their message, the scholars pledged to abide by everything that would prevent the spread of the Corona virus among worshipers.

Jordan faces an increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in recent days (Reuters)

curfew

Since the tenth of this month, the Jordanian authorities have imposed a comprehensive curfew on Fridays of every week, with the suspension of Friday prayers, and decided two days ago to continue working with it until mid-May.

This decision means that the ban continues even after the end of the blessed month of Ramadan, which begins on April 13 and ends on May 12, according to astronomical calculations.

The government also decided to continue to impose a partial curfew for the rest of the week, starting from 6 pm (4:00 pm GMT) for individuals, and for individuals from 7 pm (5:00 pm GMT), and will continue until 6 am the next day, local time.

Thus, the partial daily ban includes the times of Maghrib, Isha and Fajr prayers, which means that Tarawih prayers are held during Ramadan in homes for the second year in a row.

Jordan recorded 611,577 cases of the new Corona virus, including 6,858 deaths, and 513,144 cases of recovery.