The Jakarta Post, Rotterdam | Mon, 12/29/2008 8:49 AM
Hundreds of Indonesian moslems in Netherlands conducted an intensive study on Islam between Dec. 26 and 28 to welcome the Islamic New Year 1430 that falls today, state news wire Antara reports.
Under the program of “ Islamic Intensive Study at the Beginning and End of the Year,” moslems studied about the life of Prophet Muhammad and received training on praying performance.
The event took place in Rotterdam and was attended by RI citizens from other cities, including Maastricht and Brussel of Belgium.Moslems in the Netherlands came to the event as well.
The program’s committee member Abdul Muiz said on Monday that the committee had carried out such event annually to courage all moslems evaluating on what had they done in 2008 and would do during the new year.
“Also, the occasion is a beneficial thing to make our long holiday season be worthwhile,” he said. (ewd)
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Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Pemalang, Central Java | Tue, 12/30/2008 7:25 AM
GIFT FOR THE INVISIBLE: Villagers conduct the Larung Sesaji, an offering ritual, at the Ngebel dam in Ponorogo, East Java, on Monday to commemorate the Islamic New Year. The giant cone of rice, the main offering, was carried on a raft to the middle of the dam before being thrown into the water. (JP/ID Nugroho)
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