Head of the Protocol Section of the Istiqlal Mosque, Abu Hurairah, stated that the news about the locking of the mosque so that people could not pray Fajr was a hoax or a lie. According to him, the closure of the mosque is already a regulation or the protocol at Istiqlal.

"The news is a thousand percent hoax, please check who wrote the news," said Hurairah, when contacted, Tuesday (21/2).

Hurairah explained, outside the month of Ramadan, Istiqlal was closed after the Isha prayer, around 21.30 WIB, and was based on the law. Then it is reopened one hour before Fajr prayer.

"On last night's incident, only five buses came from East Java. They entered after Isha, then they were given the opportunity to worship, clean up, talk nicely with the chairman, we gave understanding, and thank God they understood and left Istiqlal voluntarily," he said.

In addition, he said, the group did not know that today's action would be as big as last December 2 and 411. Meanwhile, the group that was waiting in line at the mosque this morning because it was raining, was Walisongo's group, who came every day.