Next Year, No More Selling Animals on City Streets: Basuki

Jakarta Globe, Lenny Tristia Tambun, October 11, 2013

Animals are sold on the street for Idul Adha on October 9, 2013 in
Surabaya, East Java. (JG Photo/Dhana Kencana)

Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday that vendors selling animals for the Muslim holiday of Idul Adha will from next year be prohibited from trading on the city’s sidewalks.

“[The practice] is still permitted for this year, but people will not be able to sell [animals for the sacrifice] on sidewalks next year,” Basuki said.

It is common in Jakarta for vendors to sell goats, sheep and cows for Idul Adha.

Basuki said that Central Jakarta Mayor Saifullah signed a written agreement with the city on Monday saying that sellers could not trade animals and take up public space next year, though no such agreement has yet been reached in other parts of the city.

Kukuh Hadi Santoso, the head of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), said that even though the practice violates a local bylaw, his institution has still been tolerating it.

“The sellers have already purchased the animals,” he said. “This year is the last year that they will be able to sell on the streets.

Idul Adha in China

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Muslims leave the Sage Mosque in Guangzhou, China, on
Tuesday after the Idul Adha mass prayer (Antara/Andika Wahyu)

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The 'Grebeg Besar' Attracts Tourists

Kompas, SATURDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2009 | 4:18 PM

Grebeg Besar procession, parading the heaps of offerings (gunungan) - Kompas/Ferganata Indra Riatmoko

YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The traditional ceremony bearing the full name 'Grebeg Besar Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat', which is held during the Moslem holiday of Idul Adha (1430 Hijriah this year), Saturday, attracted a number of foreign tourists in Yogyakarta.

They enthusiastically followed the whole traditional procession, and once in a while captured it in photos or videos. The procession was also spectated by the citizens of Yogyakarta and its surroundings despite the heat of the day.

The Grebeg Besar ceremony is a procession of four gunungans (heaps of offerings, 'gunungan' comes from the root meaning of mountain or heap), each called lanang (which represents the male), wadon (female), gepak, and pawuhan. All four are brought out from the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace then paraded through Siti Hinggil, Pagelaran, the North Town square (alun-alun) and finally to the Kauman Great Mosque, Yogyakarta.

A gunungan is made from food-stuffs, such as vegetables, nets, chilis, eggs, sweet potato, and other things made of sticky rice and made into the likeness of a mountain, to symbolize prosperity and fertility for the Mataram palace territories. The gunungan parade, led by a Manggoloyudho (war admiral) G.B.P.H. Yudhaningrat, was saluted with rifles shots by the palace guards when it exited the palace and proceeded through the North Alun-alun.

The gunungan procession was accompanied by nine royal guards, among which were Wirobrojo, Ketanggung, Bugis, Daeng, Patangpuluh, and Nyutro. They wore uniforms of various colors and wielded spears, keris (the Javanese curved dagger), and old-fashioned rifles.

Next the gunungans were brought to the Kauman Great Mosque, Yogyakarta, to be blessed by the palace clerics. Then the peak of the event was when the gunungans were given to the gathering people, who waited patiently since morning at the mosque's courtyard, so that they could rush to grab any piece of the gunungans.

The people who got pieces of the gunungans believe that every piece brings the blessing of the King of the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono, and that it would bless their lives.

The Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace throughout a year holds three kinds of traditional grebeg events, which are the Grebeg Syawal during Idul Fitri; Grebeg Besar during Idul Adha; and Grebeg Maulud during the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.

The chairman of the Widya Budaya foundation of Yogyakarta, Widi Utamingsih, said that the Grebeg events by the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace are cultural heritages that attract locals and foreigners. The traditional event should be presented as an interesting tourism package that also preserves this culture as one of the lifestyle of the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace.

This cultural spectacle is a potential attraction for national and international tourists. Especially since the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat palace is part of the golden triangle ot tourism around West Java and Yogyakarta for foreign tourists. (acandra/C17-09)

Editor: ksp , Source : ANT

Islam forged from three characteristics : Idul Adha preacer

Antara News, Friday, November 27, 2009 21:08 WIB

The Indonesian President and Vice President, SBY and Boediono, enter the Istiqlal Mosque to join Eid al-Adha prayer, Nov.27, 2009 (KOMPAS.com/Caroline Damanik)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Islam was forged from three characteristics, namely egalitarianism, love for scientific pursuits and simple living, and progressiveness, a preacher at an Idul Adha service here said.

In in his sermon to a congregation of thousands who included President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in central Jakarta, Prof Ridwan Lubis of the Hidayatullah State Islamic Univeristy, said Islam treated all its adherents equally regardless of their race, descent , wealth or power in society.

"The only thing that differentiates one Moslem from the other is his or her devotion to Allah," said Ridwan, adding that egalitarianism was perceptible in all aspects of Islamic life and most of all in the hajj pilgrimage.

Islam was also a religion that encourages its followers to love knowledge and science. "If before Islam came, society often lived in ways contrary to science, Islam entered people`s lives in a pro-knowledge and pro-science spirit," he said.

Islam, he added, also promoted the belief that all human actions should be accountable before God and that knowledge must not be detached from the values of religion.

The third thing characterizing Islam was progressiveness which Islam had been promoting in human life for the past 600 years.

"Islam introduced a new concept of development. Since 600 years ago the religion has contributed many instances of progress to human life," he said.

The Idul Adha service at the Istiqlal Mosque on Friday was led by Istiqlal Imam (prayer leader) Hasanuddin Sinaga while Ridwan Lubis, professor of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), acted as preacher.

Cabinet ministers who also attended the Idul Adha service included Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Radjasa, Education Minister M Nuh, Maritime and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad, and Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Syarif Hasan.

A number of foreign ambassadors also took part in the Idul Adha service along with thousands of other Muslims from Jakarta and environs.

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Muslims perform Idul Adha prayer on boats on Kapuas River in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Friday. Indonesian Muslims will later slaughter cattle and goats. The meat will be distributed to people living in poverty on the holiday honoring the prophet Abraham for sacrificing his son Ishmael on God's order. Antara/Jessica Wuysang

Indonesian Muslims Surf Internet for a Sacrifice

The Jakarta Globe, Lisa Siregar and Tasa Nugraza Barley

Muslims commemorate the Idul Adha holiday by sacrificing goats and sharing the meat to feed the needy. (JG Photo)

Muslims no longer have to purchase sacrificial goats and cattle for Idul Adha in person, but can arrange for them to be delivered to their home or slaughtered in their name via the Internet.

In the days prior to Idul Adha, most Muslim families of sufficient means purchase livestock at their neighborhood mosque or at tethering stalls on the side of the road.

On the holiday itself, the majority of them bring the animals to halal slaughterhouses for butchers to sacrifice, but some others, who know how to kill animals humanely following the Koran’s edicts, take matters into their own hands.

The main purpose of the slaughter is to feed the needy, who receive portions of meat. However, it is not always easy to find a healthy animal, a halal butcher and bona fide poor people.

Aiming to simplify the process, a number of Indonesian-based halal livestock sellers have begun operating online.

Risdiyanto, 32, a physics teacher living in Central Java, established www.sapiqu.com about six weeks ago, just in time for Idul Adha.

He said his family had always been in the halal cattle industry, but he worked as a teacher and simply didn’t have time to run a cattle market.

“With Internet technology you don’t have to spend a lot of money building an office or store,” Risdiyanto said.

He posts pictures of his cows on his Web site’s gallery. Prices range from Rp 7.7 million to Rp 18.3 million ($815 to $1,940). Orders are made over the phone and the transaction can be completed either by cash or bank transfer.

Risdiyanto requires a down payment of Rp 2 million and says he can deliver to any address in Bandung or Jakarta. After the initial payment has been made, the cow is transported from the family’s stockyard in Purbalingga, Central Java, to the delivery address.

Risdiyanto said it hadn’t been easy building trust among customers, most of whom had so far been friends or friends of friends. First, it’s not easy to convince people to transfer their money to someone they don’t know, he said. Second, most people prefer to see the cows in the flesh, and are generally fussy.

“For Idul Adha, most people are concerned about the appearance of the cows,” Risdiyanto said.

“Most people want plump, white cows, while it’s hard to sell black ones.”

He said people also liked to show their animals off around their neighborhoods, signifying the extent of their charity.

Mulyadi Ilham, a customer of sapiqu.com, said he learned of the service from a friend. “I just wanted to try. It’s a very easy method of buying a cow for Idul Adha,” Mulyadi said.

Rumah Zakat Indonesia (The Indonesia House of Alms) also offers Idul Adha services at rumahzakat.org.

Founded by Abu Syauqi, a cleric living in Bandung, in 1998, Rumah Zakat cans beef and goat and sells it online with the aim of distributing the meat to those in need in the poorer parts of Indonesia, such as in Sabang and Papua.

Before the sacrifice, the butcher will say a prayer and also mention the buyer’s name.

Purchasers, however, don’t get to pick animals out, and are not presented with proof of their sacrifice other than an e-mail confirmation.

A goat, priced at Rp 1 million, yields about 40 200-gram cans of meat. Cows sell for Rp 10 million and provide about 400 cans of meat for the poor.

Another option is for buyers the share the costs of a cow with seven others.

Rumah Zakat also has consultants available to talk buyers through the process via Internet messenger service.

Three sociologists from the University of Indonesia declined to comment about the practice of arranging sacrifices online, because it is considered a sensitive issue. However, Masdar F Mas’udi, the deputy chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, said buying sacrificial livestock on the Internet should not be controversial.

“Life is changing. If it is possible to buy sacrifices indirectly with credible information, it is not a problem,” he said.

Masdar said the most important concern was whether buyers were being scammed.

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Under the Knife For Islamic Holiday

Day of sacrifice celebrates the spirit of tolerance

Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar

Religious chanting to glorify God or takbir was soft and distant across the Hindu Island of Bali, but the celebratory spirit was high.

The keeper of Al-Furqon mosque in Denpasar, Hudi Purnomo, said religious tolerance was a key for the Muslim community in Bali.

"We (the Muslims) are a minority here," Hudi said Thursday.

"We chant the takbir from mosques only and usually stop at 10 p.m."

Heavy showers marked Idul Adha celebrations Thursday, forcing those who had planned to join a mass prayer at Puputan square in Renon area in the heart of Denpasar city to find alternative venues.

"I prayed at the Inna Grand Bali Beach hotel in Sanur," local resident Permanik said.

According to the tradition, mass prayers for Idul Adha and Idul Fitri celebrations should be held in open or public squares to showcase and strengthen the unity of the faith.

Prayers are only moved to mosques when it is raining.

Idul Adha commemorates the Prophet Abraham's act of sacrificing his oldest son, Ishmael, as commanded by God. Ishmael was eventually substituted with a ram.

Muslims are taught to donate a third of their meat to the poor, a third to friends and relatives, and to keep a third for themselves.

Animals used for sacrifice include goats, sheep, camels or cows.

Imam Sufaat, a managers at Al-Amanah mosque at the Finance Ministry's Bali office, said their mass prayer this year had been less enthusiastic than last year's.

He said this was because many Muslims had returned to celebrate the day in their hometowns, utilizing the government's joint leave policy.

"The rain has made it worse," Imam said.

With fewer Muslims celebrating Idul Adha at his mosque, Imam said the number of sacrificed animals had declined from 23 goats and six cows last year, to 18 goats and four cows this year.

There is no difference in the way Idul Adha is celebrated between Bali and Java, because most Muslims on the resort island are new migrants.

Each mosque usually sets up a committee to butcher the animals presented for sacrifice, Imam said.

Everybody is then invited to voluntarily help cut up and distribute the meat.

Imam said everyone in the neighborhood, including the street vendors outside the mosque, was invited to lend a hand.

"We have provided coupons for those people that we consider worthy of the meat and we have arranged for distribution," he said.

While Muslim clerics were at odds around whether non-Muslims should be given meat from the sacrificed animals, it has become a tradition for Balinese Muslims to offer meat to those Balinese Hindus who they consider in need of a donation.

"We always have a quota for trash-pickers and street vendors around here," Hudi said.

He said he did not consider them poor, but thought they deserved a share of the meat.

Imam said it was also customary for the people at the Finance Ministry's Bali office to give sacrificed meat to employees from "the lower level".

"We always provide a share to the office's janitors and security officers, irrespective of their beliefs," he said.

Hudi said Muslims were always careful when offering sacrificed meat to Hindus, who regard cows as sacred and refrain from eating beef.

"We only offer them goat meat," Hudi said.

"But if there is a mistake and we give them cow meat, they usually refuse politely or give it to other people."

He said he did not know for sure what the religious authorities said about giving sacrifice meat to non-Muslims.

"We're just doing what has been done through the years by our predecessors."

Indonesian muslims in Australia conduct eid Adha prayer

Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Ambassador to Australia and Vanuatu TM Hamzah Thayeb joined hundreds of Indonesian Muslims in performing the Eid Adha prayer on the premises of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra on Wednesday.

On the same day, other Indonesian Muslims staying in Brisbane also performed the Eid Adha prayer. They joined hundreds of brothers in faith who conducted the prayer at the West End mosque.

In Canberra, Ahmad Indra Rubiyanto acted as the khotib (preacher) and Fauzan as the imam (prayer leader), said prayer coordinator Raudin who was contacted from Brisbane on Wednesday.

The other mosque which orgnized Eid Adha prayer on Wednesday was the Lutwyche mosque located at Fuller street 33.

In the meantime, some Muslims in several provinces in Indonesia also conducted the Eid Adha prayer on Wednesday.

In Jakarta, thousands of people joined the Eid Adha Prayer organized by Islamic organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) at Senayan, Central Jakarta.

They started to flock to the Senayan parking area at 5 a.m. local time while the prayer was conducted at 7 a.m.

HTI Chairman Muhammad Hijrah acted as the Imam and khatib of the Eid Adha prayer.

In his sermon, M Hijrah recalled a story about Prophet Ibrahim who had fully obeyed Allah, God the Almighty, including when he had been asked to sacrifice his son Ismail.

Some other Muslims also performed Eid Adha prayer in Al Azhar Grand Mosque in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, and Al Furqon Mosque in Kramat Raya, Central Jakarta.

Indonesia`s Religious Affairs Ministry has decided that Eid Adha will fall on Thursday (Dec. 20) and the Eid Adha prayer will be performed on Thursday morning.