If Muslim allowed to offer prayer, COVID-19 a punishment from God will end says Samajwadi Party MP

On Jul 22, 2020

Lucknow: When all the festivals during this lockdown period are being observed with strict guidelines, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Shafiqur Rahman Barq on Tuesday made a bizarre claim, saying the COVID-19 is not a disease but punishment from God and this can be ended when mosques and eidgahs will be opened for people to offer to prayers.

#WATCH On the occasion of Bakr Eid, markets should be opened so that people can buy animals from there. Mosques and eidgahs should be opened for people, to offer to prayers to end Coronavirus: Shafiqur Rahman, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal (19th July) pic.twitter.com/VYcykllTTs
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Rahman Barq further said, “No cure of coronavirus has been found so far, which means coronavirus is not a disease but punishment by God for our sins. The best cure of corona is that we all pray to God.”

No cure of Coronavirus has been found so far, which means Coronavirus is not a disease but punishment by God for our sins. The best cure of Corona is that we all pray to God: Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal https://t.co/5lq2gZZhYe
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He said that on the occasion of Bakr Eid, markets should be opened so that people can buy animals from there, and mosques and eidgahs should be opened for people to offer to prayers to end coronavirus. He said that when people will apologise for their sins in the mosques, pray for coronavirus to end, God will listen to their prayers and the situation will improve.