{"id":8782,"date":"2020-05-12T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=8782"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:03:21","slug":"episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#EPISODE 2: State Guidance on Worship and Ramadan in the times of COVID-19 (6 languages)_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Spot #2<\/p>\n<p>The following message is brought to you by UNHCR and Solidarity Now.<\/p>\n<p>The Asylum Service has extended the closure of its services to the public until May 15th , including registrations, interviews and submissions of appeals. Documents of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection that have expired during this period are still considered valid.<\/p>\n<p>All planned exits from ESTIA, both accommodation and cash, have been postponed until May 31st.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the General Secretariat for Religion has issued the following instructions to Greece\u2019s Muslim residents for the duration of Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Due to restrictions on gatherings, prayers during Ramadan can be performed at home.<\/li>\n<li>Iftar is allowed to take place only in houses, without any third parties (relatives, friends or other visitors).<\/li>\n<li>No free spaces in Athens or other municipalities in the country will be granted for prayers for Eid al-Fitr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to a joint decision of the Ministers of Health and of Education and Religious Affairs, religious ceremonies, including gatherings and group prayers during Ramadan, are not allowed until May 16th . It is advisable to perform prayers at home, however from May 4th individual prayers can also be performed at areas of worship, provided that the following measures are in place:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only one person will be allowed for every 10 m2 and they have to keep a distance of at least 1,5 meters between them;<\/li>\n<li>The use of hand antiseptic when entering the area is mandatory and it is advisable that everyone wears a mask when in the worship area;<\/li>\n<li>Natural ventilation of all areas of worship is mandatory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL3_NlSfsgtzRuf8YuYcm1OVdDQPpy8ypB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Spot #2 The following message is brought to you by UNHCR and Solidarity Now. The Asylum Service has extended the closure of its services to the public until May 15th , including registrations, interviews and submissions of appeals. Documents of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection that have expired during this period are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8784,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8782\/revisions\/8784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}