Muslims who skip Friday prayers can be punished
KOTA BARU: Skipping Friday prayers is a major sin for Muslims and it is punishable under the stateÂ’s Syariah laws, said Kelantan [this is in Malaysia - the template of a moderate Moslem country] Bar Committee chairman Datuk Wan Harun Shukri Noordin.
Therefore, Muslims in the state must remember that Friday prayers are compulsory, otherwise they can be jailed or fined by the religious authorities [I'm not sure which Sharia legal code he is using; my understanding is that Sharia codes generally indicate a penalty of lashes for non performance of religious duty] , he said yesterday.
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