Preventing Immorality That Violates Islamic Law, Banda Aceh City Government Strives For Illuminating Tourist Places

ILLUSTRATION/DOCUMENTATION/Residents enjoying the sunset at Ulee Lheue beach area, Banda Aceh (ANTARA PHOTO/Ampelsa)

BANDA ACEH - The Banda Aceh City Government will add street lighting in access to the Ulee Lheue tourist attraction, Aceh, as an effort to prevent immorality or actions that can violate Islamic law.

"We anticipate immorality at the tourist spot Ulee Lheue, we are trying to install PJU (Public Street Lighting) in the near future," said Acting Mayor of Banda Aceh, Bakri Siddiq, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 18.

Along the Ulee Lheue tourist road, it was reported that there were residents who carried out activities that violated Islamic law. Quoted by ANTARA, there were many non-Muslim couples who were arrested for making out in the area.

Bakri said that his party continues to take various steps to implement Islamic law. In addition to preventing immorality, also by stopping all activities when the call to prayer is heard.

In addition to the plan to install PJU at the Ulee Lheue tourist spot, Bakri said, he himself has also gone directly to meet the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who sell there.

"I have visited business actors there one by one to urge them not to sell again since before sunset, this is our effort to avoid immorality," he said.

Not only that, Bakri continued, he has also instructed the state civil apparatus (ASN) in the Banda Aceh City Government to participate in monitoring so that activities that are contrary to Islamic law do not occur.

"Together with the police, our team (Satpol PP/WH) will monitor and supervise, lest there are people gathering who are not their relatives, we will guard this at tourist sites," he said.

Bakri said, in order to implement Islamic law, he had also ordered the termination of activities at government offices when the call to prayer or prayer time arrived.

"We have also started the dawn prayer mat program. We have to start with the City Government apparatus first," said Bakri Siddiq.