Its president, Tengku Mohamad Rizam Aziz, said that the permission was for 70% of the mosque’s capacity after taking into account the physical distancing of 2m between each congregant.

“However, other activities including tazkirah, tadarus Quran and others are not allowed.

“This move is to give an opportunity to Muslims to perform religious worship in the mosques in the last days of Ramadan,” he said in a statement today.

Tengku Rizam, who is also the Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan, said that following the decline in Covid-19 cases in Gua Musang, Friday prayers, obligatory daily prayers and tarawih prayers were also allowed to be performed in the district.

He said, however, that all imams, and other mosque officials were required to be present for these prayers.

Tengku Rizam said that the matter has also received consent from the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V.

“MAIK hopes for cooperation from all parties, especially Muslims in general, in implementing this ruling, and SOPs must be fully complied with by the management of mosques, surau and musalla,” he said, adding that action would be taken against those who were found breaching the SOPs.

Kelantan is currently placed under the movement control order from April 29 to May 17, and a total of 326 new Covid-19 cases were recorded over the past 24 hours.