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KUWAIT CITY, April 13: The Kuwaiti Cabinet, in its regular meeting on Monday has put restrictions on a number of Ramadan rituals to help bring coronavirus infections under control amid an alarming high infection rate in the country. The Cabinet limited the time of Taraweeh prayer – an evening prayer performed during Ramadan in addition to the nightly Isha prayer – at mosques to 15 minutes, said Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohamad Al-Sabah in a statement following the Cabinet virtual meeting. The Cabinet, headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, also banned delivering religious lectures or sermons and holding any activities at mosques after the prayers. It urged worshippers who had not inoculated yet to perform their Taraweeh prayer at home.
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Qatar announces official working hours for govt bodies during Ramadan 2021
11 Apr 2021 - 13:13
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Doha: Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Issa bin Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi today issued a circular specifying the working hours during the holy month of Ramadan (2021) for ministries, government agencies and public bodies and institutions.
The circular stated that on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan in 1442 AH, it has been decided that the official working hours during the holy month for civil servants will be five hours a day, starting from 9 am to 2 pm.