this is the new reality.. I fear. The entire population would be better off banking on their own immune response. vaccines being publicly available after 12-18m yet everything unclear about what happens in that period. eventually getting on with lives with the requisite SOPs. https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1250110307479011329

most countries have ridden the peak of their first waves. the next steps(1-2months later) would be to carefully manage potential hotspots with stringent precaution as to reduce the severity of the second wave that does not add up too much on the existing healthcare facilities.

"close the mosques indefinitely" is not viable. these ppl have no idea how mosques act as resthouses and iftar/sehri places for millions of dailywage workers who cannot afford either. none of this outrage will be directed when 15 days later, it becomes unsustainable to even..

close down marketplaces and other "bustling hotspots". do you really think ppl follow stringent SOPs everywhere but masajids? we can open up huge industries with 1k workers in the same space/time at the request of cozy industrialists even though they can sustain their workforce..

for the next 6 months. the insistence is on following the SOPs of precaution as we move towards easing the lockdowns, then it's much applicable to a mosque as it is for an industry. also this obfuscation k "clerics ki kamai nahi hogi". I hope Allah ko jawab desko usdin when you..

regard mosques as mere places on earning greedy cash. ksi k 5 waqt k sajdey se imam ka pait nahi bharta. instead, in clerics k seminaries me lakhon ghareeb madarsse k bache muft me khatey/parhtey hein. Giving examples of Saudia/Gulf whose state-controlled futuwa and clerics

are silent on every grave injustice, instead ask ppl to follow the monarchical tyranny. then to ask for similar totalitarian approaches. they're not always r8 but Allah ka shukr hy humare ulemas know better than to have to seek the validation from our corrupt political hierarchy.

if you think you can close mosques for 6 months yet understand that complete lockdown is not sustainable and that eventually marketplaces will have to be reopened(as much of a risk) then you've a messed up priority which incurs more Almighty displeasure.

honestly, kabhi itni arrogance na ho that I get to use Iqbal's verse and call scholarly pillars like Mft. Taqi Usmani as "2 rakat k imam". it's akin to washing off every little good deed that I've ever done.