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Paying of zakat during Ramadhan changes slightly amid coronavirus

In Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest Muslim population, silence shrouds most mosques and other ...

Jakarta police operate 24-hour PSBB checkpoints to contain COVID-19

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police has announced that large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) checkpoints will be ...

Government asks citizens not to object to corona patient burials

The Indonesian Government has appealed to citizens, asking them not to raise objections against burial of patients ...

Government moves collective leave days for Eid to Dec-end

The Indonesian Government has decided to shift collective leave days for Eid al-Fitr to December 28-31, 2020, in ...

Provincial govt bans celebration activities during PSBB in Jakarta

The provincial government of Jakarta has banned people from engaging in celebration activities drawing congregations ...

Skip Eid prayer if coronavirus continues unabated: MUI to congregants

The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has said that congregants can skip the Eid al-Fitr prayer, which is performed in a ...

COVID-19: Wedding parties dispersed in South Sulawesi

The COVID-19 Task Force in South Sulawesi Province has dispersed a number of wedding parties as such gatherings could ...

COVID-19 crisis: Government offers online marriage registration

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry had offered an online registration service to Indonesians planning to get ...

Hajj dormitories to function as COVID-19 emergency hospitals

Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has extended assistance in terms of enlisting all hajj dormitories throughout ...

Government contemplates on banning Eid al-Fitr homecoming

The government has mulled over the option to ban this year's Eid al-Fitr homecoming to thwart the spread of ...

SOE Ministry to dispatch COVID-19 lab equipment to 10 provinces

The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) plans to send laboratory equipment to 10 provinces as a form of ...

East Jakarta's Hajj Dormitory to be used as isolation facility

The hajj dormitory in Pondok Gede, East Jakarta, will be turned into an isolation facility for those who have been ...

Jokowi observes clean-up activity with disinfectant spray at Istiqlal

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was present at the Istiqlal Mosque on Friday to witness the clean-up process through the ...

Indonesians in Saudi Arabia urged not to travel to Mecca, Medina

The Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh has called on Indonesian residents in Saudi Arabia not to travel to Macca and Medina ...

Ministry launches gender responsive textbooks in islamic university

The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Children Protection introduced gender responsive textbooks in an Islamic ...