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Jamaah Mesjid Raya While Muhtadin Banjarmasin while performing occult prayers for victims of the Turkish and Syrian earthquakes after Friday prayers, (10/2/2023). (ANTARA)

The people of South Kalimantan Province in Banjarmasin held Gaib Prayers for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria at the Great Mosque While Muhtadin Banjarmasin. According to the Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of South Kalimantan Province, DR. H Muhammad Tambrin in Banjarmasin, the occult prayer activities after Friday's fardhu prayer. "Alhamdulillah, hundreds of Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque While Muhtadin Banjarmasin participated in the occult prayer for our brothers who were victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, February 10. Tambrin conveyed the worship performed as a prayer for Turkey and Syria, which experienced a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on Monday at 04.17 local time.

"Thousands of people died, we are deeply saddened by this incident," said Tambrin.As fellow Muslims, said Tambrin, the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of South Kalimantan called on all mosques throughout South Kalimantan to simultaneously hold the occult prayer after Friday prayers for the death toll. "We are concerned and saddened, we pray for the safety and recovery of the sick. We pray for our brothers and sisters, may Allah SWT be forgiven, and martyrs in the world and put into heaven," he said. From the news of Antara today, the number of fatalities from the devastating earthquake that occurred on Monday (6/2) in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 21,000 people, according to the latest data released by the authorities and rescue team.

The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey increased to 17,674 with 72,879 injured, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Thursday (9/2). Meanwhile, in Syria, 1,678 people died in a number of areas controlled by the government, while the number of casualties in the opposition-controlled area reached 2,190 people, according to a number of local media reports.