Muslim event in Indonesia stopped amid coronavirus fears
Officers of Local Disaster Mitigation Agency in protective suits carry disinfectant spray at a mosque amid the spread of coronavirus disease in Surabaya, East Java province March 17, 2020. — Picture by Antara Foto via Reuters
For days, authorities had been trying to persuade Ijtima Asia, part of the global Tablighi Jama’at movement of evangelical Muslims, to halt the event at Gowa near the city of Makassar in South Sulawesi province after a similar event in Malaysia led to hundreds of infections., Ijtima finally agreed to postpone/cancel,” the head of Gowa regency, Adnan Purichta Ichsan, posted on social media late yesterday.
Photos and videos of the Indonesian gathering posted on social media showed huge crowds of men sitting tightly together in a huge tent.
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