COVID-19 Cases Soar, The Nahdlatul Ulama: All Religious Activities Can Be Done At Home
JAKARTA - The Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board asked all Indonesian citizens, Muslims, especially NU residents to always obey the instructions and appeals as well as the protocols set by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the trend of soaring positive cases of COVID-19 and the increasing status of areas designated as red zones.
"Let's postpone and avoid colossal activities, gatherings, and groups. All religious activities can be carried out at home for mutual security", said PBNU Secretary-General Helmy Faishal Zaini in a statement, Friday, June 18.
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PBNU also encourages the active role of religious leaders, preachers, and missionaries to always be role models for campaigning and practicing health protocols to avoid the COVID-19 outbreak. Among other things, with speakers, prayers, social media, and so on. "Let's continue to multiply prayers, ask for Allah's help through istighotsah (a prayer that is done together to ask for God's help), reciting thibbil qulub prayers, and the practices of teachers", said Helmy.