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Eid Al-Adha brings messages of peace, COVID-19 mitigation
17th July 2021 3 hours ago
Friday prayer in Nurul Hikmah Grand Mosque in Bekasi , West Java. (ANTARA/Pradita Kurniawan Syah/ac.) Muslim communities across Indonesia marked the eve of Eid Al-Adha on Monday evening with takbiran events at mosques even as a drastic surge in COVID-19 cases pummeled the country s health system.
Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and the enforcement of emergency public activity restrictions in the islands of Java and Bali, there was a complete ban on city-wide convoys for takbiran events this year.
Therefore, takbiran was fully convened inside mosques on Monday with a limited number of participants instead of city-wide convoys, which could trigger crowds and increase the risk of the spread of the more contagious Delta variant.
West Papua residents urged to maintain peace ahead of Idul Adha 6 hours ago
On Saturday (July 17), West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan symbolically handed over one of the donated cows to the Al Hijrah Borobudur Mosque manager, La Hada, in Manokwari City. ANTARA/HO Manokwari, W Papua (ANTARA) - West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has urged all residents to maintain peace and harmony as their Muslim brothers and sisters across the province will celebrate Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice), which is set to fall on July 20.
The celebrations are taking place in the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the West Papua Provincial Government to impose the emergency public activity restrictions in Manokwari District and Sorong City, he said.