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Though the numbers are relatively small, cases of COVID-19 were found within clusters of fundamentalist religious communities, such as members of churches in Bogor and Bandung in West Java and in the conservative Muslim group Jamaah Tabligh in West Jakarta, South Sulawesi and East Java.
The government’s plan to gradually reopen places of worship has drawn mixed responses from religious groups and health experts, many of whom insist that any possible easing of curbs anywhere should be contingent on low risk of transmission.
Thais are starting to visit temples again as the mostly Buddhist country emerges from a coronavirus lockdown, although visitors are taking precautions such as wearing masks and getting temperature checks before entering the grounds.
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the country, said that Muslim prayers during Ramadan and for the subsequent Eid al-Fitr feast should be performed at home if the coronavirus outbreak continues, Saudi's Okaz newspaper reported on Friday.
India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus infections, police said on Thursday.
More than 100,000 people across East Java joined the online mass prayer held by the East Java chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Muslim organization, to ask God to end the COVID-19 outbreak soon.
Despite warnings from local and state officials, Solid Rock had been holding its 1,000-strong gatherings in person, and plans keep the church open on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week in Christian churches.
