Circulating photos of participants of Action 212 Volume Two on social media who cannot enter the mosque
Istiqlal early this morning because the doors of the mosque were closed. According to the management
mosque the circulating issue is not true.

"It's a thousand percent hoax," said the Head of the Protocol Section of the Istiqlal Mosque,
Abu Hurairah Abdul Salam to Republika.co.id Tuesday morning.

He said, for last night's case, there were indeed participants in the action who came from
East Java as many as five buses. They claimed to come from Madura. Participants enter the mosque after Isha time. The mosque provides opportunities for worship and cleaning.

"After approaching 10 (evening), we met with the head of his entourage, we announced to his entourage that the rules at Istiqlal, this mosque will be closed and will be opened again one hour before Fajr," he said.

Abu explained, the group from East Java understood and understood. The mosque management waited for them to leave the Istiqlal Mosque voluntarily. Then at 03.40 WIB the mosque was reopened.


"And what's in the photo, it looks like people are queuing up to enter, it's the Wali Songo pilgrimage group and school children, that's normal, they go to Istiqlal every day," he explained. He emphasized that in conclusion, the news circulating on Instagram, Twitter and other social media was a lie