Ikatan Cinta Schedule Clashes With Tarawih Prayer, Fans Sending Letters To Conglomerate Hary Tanoesoedibjo

JAKARTA - There is only the behavior of fans of the soap opera Ikatan Cinta. So possessive with this soap opera starring Amanda Manopo and Arya Saloka, they do not want to miss the story.

Ahead of Ramadan, fans of Ikatan Cinta were beset by confusion because the airing hours of this soap opera clashed with the time of Tarawih prayer. As known, Ikatan Cinta has been airing at 19.00 WIB on RCTI.

Fans of Ikatan Cinta also wrote a letter to the Chairman of MNC Group, Hary Tanoesoedibjo about the airing hours of the soap opera Ikatan Cinta. In an open letter uploaded on Facebook, they requested that the airtime of the soap opera starring Arya Saloka be postponed at 20.00 WIB.

"CEO of MNC Group, Mr. Hary Tanoesoedibjo In Jakarta. Greetings", wrote the viral letter.

"Be respectfully requested that during the month of Ramadan, THE AIRING HOURS OF SOAP OPERA "IKATAN CINTA" ARE POSTPONED AFTER WE PRAY TARAWIH / AT 20.00 WIB. For your kindness we thank you and we pray MNC Group more successful, Amen".

The letter was uploaded by those claiming to be "Fanatical Fans".

This phenomenon has only happened once in Indonesia. And it can be understood because Ikatan Cinta is the number 1 TV program in Indonesia until finally broke the record as the soap opera with the highest rating since 2005.

The rating of this soap opera has reached 14.8 with an audience share of 51.5% which means more than half of Indonesians watch the soap opera Ikatan Cinta at the time of this soap opera aired.