Saudi envoy to UN: Suspending prayers during Ramadan ‘painful’ decision

Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the UN told a high-level meeting on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, that the Kingdom's decision to suspend prayers in the Two Holy Mosques during Ramadan had been "painful."
Speaking at the virtual gathering organized by the permanent delegation of Morocco to the UN, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said that the Kingdom's decision confirmed that Islam bolstered life and put human health above all other considerations.