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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 ...

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Impact of COVID-19 on the tradition of 'mudik' in Indonesia

For Indonesians, the festivities in the month of Ramadhan are marked by a number of traditions, one of which is ...

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Solace for those performing tarawih in solitude amid pandemic

After he has taken iftar, or the evening meal, which is eaten for breaking the Ramadhan fast, and he hears the nearby ...

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Fasting during the COVID-19 outbreak

Each year, Muslims around the world fast during the holy month of Ramadhan, as part of traditional rituals of ...

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Wisdom of Ramadhan amid coronavirus outbreak

Muslims around the world, including in Greater Jakarta, are witnessing a different kind of Ramadhan in wake of the ...

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COVID-19 forces change in Indonesia's Ramadhan, Idul Fitri traditions

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has forced people all over the world to change their way of life, with many ...

Pelni stops ticket sales for passenger ships until June 8

State-owned shipping company PT Pelni (Persero) has stopped the sale of tickets for passenger ships until June 8 and ...

COVID-19 disrupts Baliem Valley tradition to welcome Ramadhan

Muslims in Walesi and Tulima villages, Walesi Sub-District, Jayawijaya, Papua, did not hold the joint stone-burning ...

Mudik ban to come into effect April 24 midnight

Indonesian Transportation Ministry's spokeswoman Adita Irawati confirmed that the temporary ban on using public ...

"Padusan" tradition canceled before Ramadhan over COVID-19 concerns

The Tourism Agency of Bantul District, Yogyakarta Special Region, canceled the tradition of padusan, wherein Muslims ...

Labor-intensive program to help maintain rural economic growth

Expansion of the labor-intensive program is projected to compensate for the impact of economic slowdown in rural areas ...

Ministry readies legal basis for implementation of mudik ban

The Transportation Ministry has come up with a ministerial regulation to serve as a legal basis for the implementation ...

Online survey shows 12 percent respondents keen to embark on 'mudik'

While Indonesia has banned citizens from returning to their hometowns for Idul Fitri this year, in an online survey of ...

Passenger vehicles to be prohibited from red zones under 'mudik' ban

The Indonesian Transportation Ministry has decided to ban public and private vehicles carrying travelers headed home ...

"Mudik" ban to be applied nationwide since April 24: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that the ban on the annual Eid ...