PUTRAJAYA, June 17 -- Senator Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri has called upon Muslims nationwide to increase religious activities in mosques following the various phases of the movement control order (MCO), which required places of worship to be shut temporarily.

Addressing a press conference today, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Islamic Religious Affairs) said it is now time for Muslims to attend religious gatherings and perform their prayers in mosques as long as the standard operating procedures (SOP) issued by the government are observed.

"This morning, I took to Facebook, calling on Muslims in the Federal Territories to conduct religious activities in mosques and surau that have reopened in green and yellow z...