MUI: Guidelines For Sacrificial Animals Affected By PMK Still In Preparation

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) stated that the guidelines for Wurban worship 1443 H/2022 to anticipate animals affected by mouth and nail disease (FMD) are still in the stage of preparation with experts. intensively to prepare religious guidelines for sacrificial worship in 1443 H," said MUI Head of Fatwa Asrorun Niam Sholeh in a written statement in Jakarta, Saturday, May 28.

Asrorun said that the preparation of the guide would involve a number of parties, including experts from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) and the Ministry of Agriculture, which was held at the MUI Jakarta Office.

After receiving and considering various inputs, the fatwa commission will hold a special meeting for drafting and hold a fatwa session to discuss guidelines, either in the form of a fatwa or specifically as a form of guidance or guidance from the MUI Fatwa Commission. According to Asrorun, the fatwa related to qurban worship in 2022 is different from the previous ones. . This is because the qurban needs a complete explanation regarding the FMD outbreak that is currently rife along with its impacts, efforts and mitigation measures.

Member of the Animal Health Expert Commission, Veterinary Public Health and Animal Quarantine of the Ministry of Agriculture, Denny Widaya Lukman, said the FMD virus did not have any impact on human health.

The appeal that will be formed is purely to prevent environmental pollution and the spread of the FMD virus to other livestock and non-livestock animals.

FMD, said Denny, is a serious problem for animals. The FMD virus does not endanger human life, but incorrect handling of infected sacrificial animal meat can contaminate the environment which will open up the possibility that the environment will spread disease to other livestock. ecosystem, not harmful to humans," he said.

Denny hopes that MUI can urge the public to carry out qurban online through the Animal Slaughter House (RPH) or a place that has obtained a slaughter permit from the local government, in order to reduce the level of environmental pollution originating from the transmission of the FMD virus for sacrificial animals.

"We ask the MUI to urge the public to ask DKM to maximize the slaughter of its sacrificial meat at RPH and places that have official permits, and only do it on the D day, to minimize the risk of transmission," said Denny.