Mosque granted coronavirus exemption for Eid-al-Adha | ABC News

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Hundreds of Muslim worshippers have marked one of Islam’s holiest days at a Sydney mosque after the NSW Government granted it a temporary exemption from coronavirus restrictions.

Up to 400 people were allowed inside the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Sydney’s west under the one-off exemption, granted by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard.

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