Bahrain
Bahrain updates COVID-19 safety measures for mosques
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The Ministry of Health has updated the precautionary measures for mosques to enable worshipers to perform their prayers with ease.
- It is no longer required to leave one row between every two rows.
- Reduce the distance between worshippers from two meters to one meter.
- Allowing the provision of the Holy Qur’an or printed books. Reading from personal devices is recommended.
- Worshipers have the option to pray on their personal mats/carpets.
- Masks to be worn at all times. Anyone without a mask shall not be permitted to enter.
- No capacity limit.
- Prayers inside the mosque are restricted to only vaccinated individuals aged 12 years and above.
- Prayers outside the mosque are allowed for all.
- Mosque activities are allowed (memorization sessions – lessons – advocacy activities for non-Muslims, etc.)
- Worshipers are allowed to stay in the mosque before and after prayers to read the Qur’an or i’tikaf, while adhering to the precautionary measures and requirements.
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The National Taskforce for Combatting COVID-19 indicated that the precautionary measures for mosques will be updated according to each level of the light signal mechanism.