The Communism Of The Jayakarta Pulogadung Mosque Burns, MUI Gives A Firm Message! Is It True?

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JAKARTA - The Facebook account @Arafat Ar Arriyadt recently uploaded shocking information about the Jayakarta Mosque in the Pulogadung area near PT Kimia Farma. It was said that prayer activities at the mosque were canceled following the fire incident.

The uploader of the message said the fire broke out because the mosque was closed and irresponsible people infiltrated it.

"Watch out for closing the mosque, there are Communists entering and burning the mosque. Message from MUI: Starting tonight, don't leave your mosques emptied," reads the narration of the message uploader as quoted from the turnbackhoaks page, Tuesday, July 6.

"Jayakarta mosque is on fire, so don't close the mosque for prayer, Allah will burn it, Laa haula walaa quwwata illaa billah, Laa haula walaa quwwata illaa billah," added the uploader.

screenshot of facebook @Arafat Ar Arriyadt

Is that right?

The fact that the mosque burned down was true on July 1 last. The fire factor was not due to communist infiltration or irresponsible hands as in the narrative above.

The mosque caught fire due to a suspected electrical short in the area or location of the imam. The claim that there is a Jayakarta mosque in the Pulo Gadung area that was burned by the communists is a misleading claim.

In fact, not because it was burned. The JIEP Jayakarta Mosque fire on July 1, 2021 was caused by an electrical short in the imam's area.

Quoted from Tempo, based on search results on Google using the keyword "Jayakarta Mosque on fire", a number of media did report about mosques in the Pulo Gadung industrial area, Cakung, East Jakarta,

The mosque that caught fire was a mosque owned by PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP). The similarity of locations was also found from search results on Google Map with the keywords "JIEP Jayakarta Mosque".

The similarity of this location can be seen from the colorful fence walls in the video with the display on Google Map.

Quoted from Antara, the JIEP Jayakarta Mosque fire was caused by an electrical short in the imam's area.

This was conveyed by the Head of Operations of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service, Gatot Sulaeman. Gatot Sulaeman explained that initially there was a janitor who saw a fire emerging from the priest's place.

Gatot said the janitor then reported the incident to the mosque administrator.

"He reported it to the mosque administrator and when the mosque administrator came to the location, the fire had already grown," said Gatot.

He said the process of extinguishing the fire involved as many as seven fire engines with a total of 35 personnel.