The Head of the Protocol Section of the Istiqlal Mosque, Abu Hurairah Abdul Salam, stated that the news circulating on social media that the participants of the 212th Volume Two Action could not enter the Istiqlal Mosque early this morning because the mosque door was closed was not true.
"It's a thousand percent hoax," said Abdul Salam to Republika.co.id, Tuesday (21/2) morning.
Abdul Salam explained that the rules at the Istiqlal Mosque in addition to the month of Ramadan, the mosque closed at 21.30 WIB. Opened again one hour before Fajr time. "In the month of Ramadan, the mosque is open 24 hours," he explained.
For last night's case, Abdul Salam said, there were indeed five bus participants who came from East Java. They claimed to come from Madura. Participants enter the mosque after Isha time. The mosque provides opportunities for worship and cleaning.
"After approaching 10 (at night), 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 explained.
Abdul Salam emphasized that 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 the conclusion was that the news circulating on Instagram, Twitter and other social media was a lie