Petition · past parliament
Open worship places to limited numbers(10 people)maintaining social distancing
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Allow prayers to be conducted in different worship places with limited number of people in each service while abiding to the social distancing rules
Local authorities can follow up the rules and apply penalties for those not abiding to them
Local authorities can follow up the rules and apply penalties for those not abiding to them
Worship and prayers are essential in many religious people lives, and absence from these practices for long periods might negatively affect their spiritual and psychological wellbeing. Thus destroying their homes, ability to work and productivity.
Opening worship places while maintaining the rules reliefs the psychological stress for millions of religious people
Most of religious people as well think that prayers can help in these difficult times and might shorten or eliminate this pandemic
Opening worship places while maintaining the rules reliefs the psychological stress for millions of religious people
Most of religious people as well think that prayers can help in these difficult times and might shorten or eliminate this pandemic
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 10 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.