Claim
An image shows Muslims queueing to get into a mosque, standing closer than two metres apart, after the lockdown was announced.
Conclusion
The picture was taken the Friday before lockdown measures were announced. Lockdown measures were announced on Monday 23 March, and included places of worship being told to close.
We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook claiming to show people outside a mosque in Leeds after the most recent Covid-19 lockdown measures came into force. The picture shows people bunched up in a queue, far closer than the two metres set out in the government’s rules.
The picture is real but was taken before the government restricted people from travelling to places of worship.
The picture was taken by a local media outlet, South Leeds Life, of mosque Masjid Ibraheem, on Friday 20 March.
At this point, the UK public had been asked, but not forced, to keep away from pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. As far back as 16 March, the Prime Minister had advised people to “stop non-essential contact with others and to stop all unnecessary travel”.
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