Srinagar: Khateeb Jamia Masjid Srinagar Syed Ahmed Syed Thursday made an appeal to people to not congregate and offer namaz at home.
Syed Ahmed Syed told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Government should impose lockdown across Kashmir Valley like last year.
“It is the need of the hour to close public parks, tourist places, shrines and mosques. People should offer prayers at home and supplicate before Almighty Allah,” Syed said.
While emphasizing the need to observe social distancing as the only measure to combat coronavirus, head cleric of Jamia Masjid even made an appeal to Ulemas and clerics of Jammu and Kashmir who yield influence over people to direct the community against congregation in the mosques. (KNT)