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It’s official, Idul Fitri is tomorrow

Tassia Sipahutar (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sat, June 24, 2017

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It’s official, Idul Fitri is tomorrow An illustration of Muslim worshippers pray at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 23, 2017, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. (AFP/Bandar Aldandani)

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he government has officially announced that this year’s Idul Fitri falls on Sunday, following an isbat (confirmation) meeting held by the Religious Affairs Ministry on Saturday evening.

In a press conference, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said that all of the six sworn observers reached the same conclusion and the Indonesians would perform the Ied prayer on Sunday.

The isbat meeting was also attended by representatives of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and several Islamic organizations.

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