What was the time when epidemics and wars affected the worship of Muslims?
What was the time when epidemics and wars affected the worship of Muslims?
The current state of the world is not hidden from anyone, a dangerous epidemic like Corona has disrupted the system around the world. Not hundreds, thousands, millions or crores but billions of people are trapped in their homes.
There is also a lockdown in Pakistan due to the threat of the spread of the corona virus, while all kinds of gatherings have been banned.
There have been cases in the past when Muslim worship has been affected by war or epidemics.
2014 Ebola
The Ebola epidemic broke out in 2010 after countries around the world banned the issuance of visas to several West African states. In 2014, Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended the issuance of Umrah and Hajj visas for citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
1979 - Occupation of the Grand Mosque
Between November and December 1979, 400 to 500 armed men occupied the Grand Mosque for about two weeks, disrupting worship there. The French special police and the Saudi army carried out an operation to end the occupation of the Grand Mosque.
2016, the war in Syria
On April 29, mosques were targeted in government-led airstrikes in the city of Aleppo, after which Friday prayers were canceled. Religious councils have urged Aleppo residents to stay away from mosques, the first such move in the city.
Plague in 1831
Not only did political disputes cancel the Hajj, but a plague that spread from India struck Mecca in 1831, killing three-quarters of the pilgrims who had endured weeks of trekking through dangerous and barren lands.
19th century, cholera epidemic
A severe cholera epidemic broke out in 1837 and 1846, after which the Hajj was suspended.
The current state of the world is not hidden from anyone, a dangerous epidemic like Corona has disrupted the system around the world. Not hundreds, thousands, millions or crores but billions of people are trapped in their homes.
There is also a lockdown in Pakistan due to the threat of the spread of the corona virus, while all kinds of gatherings have been banned.
There have been cases in the past when Muslim worship has been affected by war or epidemics.
2014 Ebola
The Ebola epidemic broke out in 2010 after countries around the world banned the issuance of visas to several West African states. In 2014, Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended the issuance of Umrah and Hajj visas for citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
1979 - Occupation of the Grand Mosque
Between November and December 1979, 400 to 500 armed men occupied the Grand Mosque for about two weeks, disrupting worship there. The French special police and the Saudi army carried out an operation to end the occupation of the Grand Mosque.
2016, the war in Syria
On April 29, mosques were targeted in government-led airstrikes in the city of Aleppo, after which Friday prayers were canceled. Religious councils have urged Aleppo residents to stay away from mosques, the first such move in the city.
Plague in 1831
Not only did political disputes cancel the Hajj, but a plague that spread from India struck Mecca in 1831, killing three-quarters of the pilgrims who had endured weeks of trekking through dangerous and barren lands.
19th century, cholera epidemic
A severe cholera epidemic broke out in 1837 and 1846, after which the Hajj was suspended.
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