MLA’s LETTER TO THE PRESIDENCY – MOST REGRETTABLE
The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) has written to the Presidency seeking permission for organizing Eid Salaat at Eidgahs. In their letter, the MLA most regretfully proposed the following conditions for the permission sought from the government regarding the oppressive ban on Jamaat Salaat in the Musaajid and in the Open:
In this regard, we submit that the following measures, which have been derived from — amongst others — the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) published set of guidelines for Safe Ramadaan Practices, be imposed on the organisers and attendees of each Eid Gah should you be so inclined to accede to our request:
i) Attendance at the Eid Gah be limited to 50 worshippers for a 30 minute period between 6:30AM and 9:00AM, the identities of which will be decided through cooperation between worshippers and their local mosques (which are controlled by communally elected executive committees). The benefit of this is two-fold: firstly, the smaller service will reduce the risk of transmission between congregants, and secondly, the Government’s valuable administrative capacities will not be strained, as the associated administrative burden will be managed by local mosques.