Seeking blessings

Seeking blessings: Participants of the Majelis Rasulullah congregation pray during a sermon at the Dalail Khoirot building inside a Defense Ministry housing complex in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, on May 24. In the past several years, Jakarta has seen a rise in sermon groups led by young charismatic clerics of Arab descent who claim to be descendants of Prophet Muhammad. (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)