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The UAE's first socially-distanced prayers were offered on Wednesday, July 1, as mosques across the country reopened at 30 per cent capacity.
Places of worship reopened 107 days after they were closed to keep the faithful safe from the spread of Covid-19.
As the dawn call for the Fajr prayer was given out at 4.03am, worshippers in face masks and gloves made their way to mosques carrying their own prayer mats.
#UAE mosques reopen with socially-distanced dawn prayershttps://t.co/Jf3xtqkzpQ pic.twitter.com/19a5UMKOt4After over three months, the call for prayer did not have the phrase 'As-salatu fi buyutikum (pray in your homes)' introduced to encourage the faithful to not go to the mosques for their own safety.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) July 1, 2020
#Indian worshipper expresses his joy after #mosques in #UAE reopen: https://t.co/Jf3xtqkzpQ pic.twitter.com/jvulVaf6LpEvery second row at the mosques were left empty, while those offering prayers left a 3-metre gap between each other as guided by bright floor stickers.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) July 1, 2020
Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque in #Dubai reopens with #coronavirus safety measures: https://t.co/EIGEVWp5AF pic.twitter.com/UZxCI9n2MLThe usual 25-minute gap between the call for prayer and the actual Fajr prayer was cut down to 10 minutes, with the prayer beginning at 4.13 at the 770 mosques that opened in Dubai on the day. The post-prayer rituals, which would run into several minutes, were curtailed to the basics as worshippers left the mosques within five minutes after the prayer.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) July 1, 2020
Al Rahama Mosque, Karama, #Dubai reopens with #coronavirus safety measures. Photos by Muhammad Mustafa Khan: https://t.co/EIGEVWp5AF pic.twitter.com/80OE5YynvEA customary exchange of niceties among worshippers after prayers outside the mosques did not happen on the day, with authorities having discouraged this practice to prevent gatherings.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) July 1, 2020
#Worshippers, keeping a safe distance from one another, perform prayer at a #mosque in #AbuDhabi. Photos by Ryan Lim/ Khaleej Timeshttps://t.co/Jf3xtqkzpQ pic.twitter.com/Y2xnoDn9cNThe UAE first announced the suspension of public prayers in all places of worship on March 16, which was extended until further notice on April 9.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) July 1, 2020
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