(PTI)All 5,000 mosques in Kerala’s lone Muslim-majority district of Malappuram have decided to stay closed indefinitely because the state is witnessing another spike in the coronavirus infection. So we decided to keep the mosques closed.”Already on Saturday, the bigger mosques in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts and Kochi city had decided to remain closed. Madavoor’s mosque had closed on March 18, days before the lockdown announced on March 24. The Nair Service Society temples will stay closed till June 30. The Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of Syro-Malabar Church on Sunday decided to keep its churches closed till June 30.

Source: The Telegraph June 08, 2020 22:50 UTC