SAUDI ARABIA ALLOWS CITIZENS, RESIDENTS TO PRAY IN GRAND MOSQUE IN MECCA

Sun 18 October 2020:

Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites, Al Haram Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, for the first time in seven months, state television reported early on Sunday.

A group of worshipers prayed Fajr (the dawn prayer) in front of the Holy Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, as Jama’a (group prayer), state TV AlEkhbariya reported.

فيديو | توافد الزوار إلى الروضة الشريفة في #المسجد_النبوي #الإخبارية pic.twitter.com/geNQuksrQh

— قناة الإخبارية (@alekhbariyatv) October 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia had suspended in March all Friday prayers and daily prayers in mosques across the Kingdom as a COVID-19 precaution.

The Kingdom had held a limited season of Hajj pilgrimage and began allowing Umrah pilgrimage in stages starting from October 4.

Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus tally stood at 341,854 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 328,165 recovered patients, and 5,165 deaths as of Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health.