Why isn’t the Centre allowing Nizamuddin Markaz to reopen in Delhi?
The Markaz was closed in March 2020, after coronavirus cases were traced to a congregation of the Tablighi Jamaat held there. 12 hours ago A man wearing a protective mask in Nizamuddin walks to board a bus that will take him to a quarantine facility. | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
In March last year, a week after the Modi government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, the gates of a building comprising a mosque, a school and a hostel, hidden behind a cramped neighbourhood, were locked by the Delhi Police. The building, situated in Nizamuddin in New Delhi, was the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic evangelical organisation with a presence in several countries.
HC gives two weeks to Centre to file reply on plea to open Nizamuddin Markaz
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COVID-19: Delhi HC Allows 50 People to Offers Prayers at Nizamuddin Markaz During Ramzan
The court refused to increase the number of people or allow use of other floors of the mosque for offering prayers.
Health workers prepare to sanitise an area near Nizamuddin mosque on April 1, 2020. Photo: PTI/File
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New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday, April 15, allowed 50 people to offer namaz five times a day at the Nizamuddin Markaz mosque during Ramzan.
Justice Prathiba M. Singh directed the Station House Officer of Nizamuddin police station to permit entry of 50 people five times a day to offer namaz only on the first floor of the Masjid Bangley Wali.