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While the MUI has not issued a fatwa regarding the matter, the council’s secretary-general ,Anwar Abbas, has strongly advised against participating in an exodus during the pandemic, deeming that doing so was haram.
As the number of COVID-19 infections in Indonesia rose to 579 on Monday, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has called on Muslim clerics to issue fatwas to regulate the special circumstances that Muslims may find themselves in amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What is important is that the council realizes the situation is dangerous [...] pilgrims and Muslims must be vigilant and must prevent [the spread of the virus] in the regions,” said Indonesian Mosque Council chairman Jusuf Kalla, adding that government should specify the COVID-19 risk levels in different areas of the country to support the implementation of the fatwa.
“Smoking electronic cigarettes is haram, just like smoking conventional cigarettes, because it is categorized as a form of consumption that can damage or endanger [the user's health]," a representative of the organisation said.
For at least 20 years, every December, Indonesian Muslims have been reminded of the fatwa by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) that calls it haram for Muslims to greet Christians with the words “Merry Christmas” during the holiday season.
