Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahu Wa Barakatuhu
As you know, all places of worship, including our local mosque, had been closed since late March to minimize the risk of spread of Covid 19 in our province. For Muslims and members of other faith communities, this had been a sad and challenging time. We feel the pain of the families who lost their beloved ones during this pandemic and pray for a smooth recovery of those who are still fighting the disease.
As of June 8, 2020 and after weeks of almost no new cases, our province has finally moved to Alert Level 3 in its reopening plan. At this level, we are still not able to open our local mosque for public gatherings and congregational prayers.
However, when we will insha'Allah move to next Alert Levels in the near future, we anticipate that our Provincial Chief Medical Officer of Health may be allowing places of worship to reopen with limited capacity and with the condition of observing strict protocols to minimize public health risks.
MANAL has been working on the details of its own reopening plan, taking into account the instructions of provincial public health authorities and the guidelines from the "Canadian Muslim Covid 19 Task Force". Over the next few days and weeks, we will be sending a number of successive community e-mails to keep you informed and updated on our plan. Through these e-mails, we will announce the restrictions, procedures and protocols that must be strictly observed by our Muslim community if and when we will insha'Allah reopen our mosque.
We thank you in advance for your patience, attention and cooperation.
Jazakum Allahu Khairun.
MANAL Executive Committee
