No Ramzan prayers at mosques in city

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 24

Muslim leaders in Chandigarh today assured the Chandigarh Police that nobody would visit mosques to offer namaz during the holy month of Ramzan in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reaching out to religious leaders of the Muslim community, the police also gave 1,000 pieces of “janamaj” (prayer mats) and 2,000 packets of dates to Maulana Ajmal Khan of the Jama Masjid, Sector 20; Mufti Anas of the mosque at Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26; Kari Shamsher of the mosque at Sector 45, and Imam Mohammad Imran of the mosque at Mani Majra as a goodwill gesture.

DGP Sanjay Baniwal and other police officers were present on the occasion. The police said the unique move would cement brotherly relationship and communal harmony.

A police official claimed that they were told that it was for the first time since Independence that Muslims would not offer prayers at mosques during Ramzan, a fine example of solidarity in the fight against the pandemic.