{"id":78801,"date":"2026-08-23T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78801"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:09:05","slug":"singapore-mosques-temporarily-shorten-friday-sermons-due-to-hot-weather-and-haze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78801","title":{"rendered":"Singapore mosques temporarily shorten Friday sermons due to hot weather and haze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-body\" role=\"article\">\n                <!-- Content data --><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE (Bernama): The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) has instructed mosques across the republic to shorten their Friday prayer sermons beginning Friday (Aug 21), amid hot weather and the haze.<\/p>\n<p>MUIS in a Facebook post said the change is temporary and a necessary adjustment to the increasingly hot and hazy weather conditions Singapore is facing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starting this week, the Friday sermon sessions will be shortened to help keep our congregants comfortable during these challenging weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Typically, the first sermon is around six to seven pages. With these temporary changes, it will be under four pages,&#8221; it said on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MUIS said the change will remain in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May this help make it a little easier for everyone to gather, worship, and remain comfortable during these challenging weather conditions,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; BERNAMA<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/aseanplus\/aseanplus-news\/2026\/08\/22\/singapore-mosques-temporarily-shorten-friday-sermons-due-to-hot-weather-and-haze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE (Bernama): The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) has instructed mosques across the republic to shorten their Friday prayer sermons beginning Friday (Aug 21),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}