Hyderabad, April 5 -- As part of joint efforts to conserve electricity and water, Kuwait's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has issued a directive to imams and muezzins to shorten prayer durations in mosques across the country.

This decision follows a request from the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy and comes alongside a scheduled power outage affecting mosques in all six governorates.

According to Circular No. 8 of 2024, imams are instructed to reduce the length of the iqamah (second call to prayer) for Dhuhr (noon) and Asr (afternoon) prayers and to avoid unnecessarily extended prayers, Arabic daily Al-Anba reported.

Power outages will occur during the following times:

From 30 minutes after the Dhuhr call to 15 minut...