Professor Dr. Ali ErbaşAfter the Friday prayer, he held a press conference at the Presidency of Religious Affairs. To prevent the spread of coronavirus in Turkey, indicating that protection from disease and minimize the impact of the series of measures taken in order to Prof. Dr. Erbaş said that his decisions were ordered to be fulfilled immediately with the circular sent to the provincial and district mufti.
‘Mosques will be disinfected and detections will be removed’
Professor Dr. The instructions in the circular issued by Erbaş are as follows: “The parts of our institution’s services such as mosques, Koran courses, education centers, service buildings, family and religious guidance offices, youth centers, reading halls, such as sinks, toilets, ablution rooms, fountains, dining halls, etc. disinfection, frequent ventilation and more attention to cleaning than ever before, with appropriate methods,
In order to keep the time spent collectively in mosques, especially Friday prayers, as short as possible, informing the community of the prayers that the sunnahs of the prayers can be kept at home as in the case of Asr-ı Saadet, interrupting the issues such as the mosques, handshaking, embracing until the disease risk ends, and the removal of the prayer beads used in the mosques. , advising elderly people, those with the symptoms of diseases such as influenza and flu, and patients with chronic diseases to stay in their homes as much as possible during this process, referring people who are suspected to have a risk of disease to hospitals by our religious officials, health and hygiene in funeral and burial procedures in cooperation with health institutions and local administrations. The rules of maximum compliance are included in our circular. “
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‘QUR’AN COURSES HAVE BEEN HOLIDATED IN 2 WEEKS’
Reminding that the Ministry of National Education is on holiday, Professor. Dr. Erbaş said, “As per our relevant legislation, our Koran courses have been vacationed for two weeks between March 16-29, 2020. During this period, all our courses and hostels will be cleaned in detail under the supervision of our teachers. Our mufti about our students staying in our boarding courses and coming from abroad. In addition, our students, who continue their memory education, will be provided with memorization to our educators through social media and communication tools in order not to disturb their education. “
‘OUR 21 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS ARE IN ARABIA’
Professor Dr. Erbaş also stated that before the Umrah visits are temporarily suspended, the visitors and the new arrivals are informed about the virus.
“The attention of the authorities was taken to the utmost effort for cleaning in all our hotels in Mecca and Medina, and hand cleaning fluids were provided where necessary, and posters prepared by the Ministry of Health were hung up in all the hotels where our citizens stayed. Brochures were distributed by the state of Saudi Arabia on 27 February 2020. entry to the country for Umrah visit has been stopped temporarily continue coordination are required to achieve umreci our healthy way in our country after that date. our citizens returning from Umrah they leave the house measures aimed at for 14 days and were informed that they do not accept visitors. currently, Turkey Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB ) approximately 21 thousand of our clients, including subsidiaries, are located in Saudi Arabia, and as of March 15, all of them will have returned to our country. r. “
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‘WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE HYGIENE RULES’
Stating that the overseas organization was also informed in line with the decisions taken and instructed to take measures. Dr. Erbaş said:
“It is requested that all preventive measures announced by the local authorities are strictly followed, and that these measures and explanations are announced to the member associations and the community, and maximum attention is paid to the hygiene rules in our mosques. It is ordered that the staff members do not leave the duty area unless they are compulsory, especially to travel to the regions affected by the epidemic. All kinds of training taken by our association, associations and foundations with the coordination of our consultancy and attachments abroad. and all of the mutual committee visits with the social program have been canceled. “
Professor Dr. Erbaş also said that a meeting with a special agenda was held by the High Council of Religious Affairs and a fatwa was published, which included citizens who entered the risk group may not go to the Friday prayer in accordance with the decision taken at the meeting.
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In his Friday sermon, Erbaş said that the citizens should pay attention to the following issues:
– Let’s interrupt the practice of musahaha after prayer, which is common in our mosques. Let us ask each other for a heart salute from a certain distance without shaking hands. Those over a certain age are more affected by coronavirus and are in the risk group. So these days, our elderly should rest at home and stay away from crowded environments.
– To be protected from this epidemic, let’s pay attention to body, clothing, food and environmental cleaning first. Let’s ventilate the environment we are in frequently.
– When we cough or sneeze, let’s close our mouth with disposable wipes or the inside of our elbow.
– Let’s try to stay away from crowded environments.
– Especially, let’s keep the areas where hand contact is intense, such as sinks, ablutions, door handles and table tops clean. Let’s wash our hands with more soap and rub than ever before.
– Let’s not touch our mouth, nose and eyes with our dirty hands.
– Instead of using common rosaries in our mosques, let us compliment our rosaries with our fingers or with our personal rosaries.
– If we have returned from a trip abroad, let’s take care not to leave our home for 14 days. Let’s make sure that those who return from Umrah pay attention to this issue and do not accept visitors.
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