According to a press release received from the ministry on Monday, Religious Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas is scheduled to lead the isbat session that will determine the beginning of Zulhijah 1442 Hijri.
Attendance will be limited for the isbat session, which will be held at the ministry's office, and participants will be required to observe the health protocols, director general of Islamic community guidance at the ministry, Kamaruddin Amin, said.
"By still adhering to the health protocols, the participants who attend the session will be limited to only the religious affairs minister and the deputy minister, the Indonesian Ulema Council, and Commission VIII of the House of Representatives (DPR)," he added.
Representatives from Islamic community organizations will join the isbat session via online platforms, Amin said.
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The ministry will work with national television TVRI to provide materials for the isbat session for the mass media, he added. Media channels wishing to broadcast the isbat session will need to coordinate with TVRI, which will serve as the TV Pool, he continued.
"We will also use the social media (handles) of the ministry for live-streaming (the meeting),” he said.
Meanwhile, director of Islamic religious affairs and sharia guidance at the ministry, Agus Salim, said the isbat session would be held in three stages.
The first stage, which will start at 5 p.m. local time, will explain the position of the early hilal of Zulhijah 1442 H, he informed. Member of the Hijri Calendar Unification Team of the ministry, Thomas Djamaluddin, will make a presentation during this stage, he added.
The second stage of the isbat session, which will start after the Maghrib prayer, will be chaired by the religious minister and will discuss reports on reckoning data and the results of rukyatul hilal (visual observation of a new moon) from several parts of Indonesia, he said.
"In the third stage, the religious minister will announce the results of the isbat session via teleconference and (this will also be) broadcast live by TVRI as the TV Pool and live-streamed on the ministry's social media," he added.
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Translator: Asep Firmansyah, Katriana
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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