PUTRAJAYA, April 20 (Bernama) — Beginning tonight, three main mosques namely the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, the Putra Mosque and the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque will recite Qunut Nazilah (prayer of supplication seeking protection from harm) during the witir prayers.
The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) director-general Datuk Hakimah Mohd Yusoff in a statement said recitation of Qunit Nazilah is an initiative specifically for security and peace in Palestine.
“The conflict in Palestine has been going on for a long time. And now, the Al Aqsa mosque is under siege just when Muslims are focusing on worship in this holy month of Ramadan,” she said.
Hakimah said Jakim also sought the cooperation of state Islamic religious councils and state Islamic religious departments to jointly recite Qunut Nazilah in mosques and surau under their supervision.
More than 100 Palestinians were reported wounded in clashes between the Israeli army and the Palestinians when the former invaded the grounds of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after the Subuh prayers on Friday, April 15.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency