SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s imams shorten Friday prayers as 'historic' coronavirus precaution

22/3/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s imams shorten Friday prayers as 'historic' coronavirus precaution

Radio Dabanga reports that several mosques in Khartoum embraced the guidance issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments to shorten prayers to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, in a first in Sudanese history.

 The guidance provides that imams should read short phrases of the Holy Quran and that people keep a distance between them during prayers.

 The guidance is grounded on Islamic jurisprudence such as Sunnah, which justifies taking such actions during plagues or pandemics.