Sabah allows Aidiladha prayer, sacrificial rites during current MCO
The Sabah government has allowed the Aidiladha prayer and ‘korban’ (sacrificial rites) to be performed during the current movement control order period (MCO 3.0), subject to the standard operating procedures (SOP) to curb the Cocvid-19 pandemic.
State Local Government and Housing Minister Masidi Manjun said for the Aidiladha prayer, the congregation was limited to one-third of the total capacity of the prayer area or 50 people, whichever is lower, and congregants must...
The Sabah government has allowed the Aidiladha prayer and ‘korban’ (sacrificial rites) to be performed during the current movement control order period (MCO 3.0), subject to the standard operating procedures (SOP) to curb the Cocvid-19 pandemic.
State Local Government and Housing Minister Masidi Manjun (above) said for the Aidiladha prayer, the congregation was limited to one-third of the total capacity of the prayer area or 50 people, whichever is lower, and congregants must complete both doses of their vaccine shots and comply with other conditions stipulated by the state religious authority, subject to the current Covid-19 situation.
The sacrificial rites were allowed except for areas placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order and depended on approval from the state authorities based on the advice from the Health Ministry and the National Security Council.
“The sacrificial rites must be held at slaughterhouses, licensed private ruminant slaughterhouses, in addition to mosque or surau compounds and open areas such as community halls, with approval from the relevant authorities.
“The number of animals to be slaughtered at mosques and surau should not exceed five a day except for goats (10),” Masidi said in a statement last night.
Masidi, who is the state government spokesman on Covid-19, said only 20 people who have completed both doses of the vaccine shots and are healthy would be allowed to be involved in the activity, and the korban meat is to be distributed from house to house.
He also said a total of 129 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Sabah yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of positive cases in the state to 68,029, with 338 recoveries and seven fatalities.
- Bernama
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