The National Police have said 20,068 alms boxes in 12 regions were used to raise money and fund activities for the Jaamah Islamiyah terrorist group.
The boxes were from the Abdurrachman Bin Auf (ABA) charity foundation, National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Argo Yuwono said.
“We learned of the number of alms boxes based on information from a suspect named Fitria Sanjaya, also known as Acil,” he said on Thursday as reported by
tribunnews.com.
The arrested suspect was a member of the foundation, he added.
Most of the alms boxes were found in Lampung province with 6,000 boxes, followed by 4,000 boxes in North Sumatra, 2,000 in Yogyakarta, 2,000 in Magetan and 2,500 in Malang, East Java. Boxes were also found in Jakarta, Central Java’s Pati, Semarang, Pati, Temanggung and Surakarta and Ambon in Maluku.
December 18, 2020
The National Police have said 20,068 alms boxes in 12 regions were used to raise money and fund activities for the Jaamah Islamiyah terrorist group.
Reuters
The National Police have said 20,068 alms boxes in 12 regions were used to raise money and fund activities for the Jaamah Islamiyah terrorist group.
The boxes were from the Abdurrachman Bin Auf (ABA) charity foundation, National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Argo Yuwono said.
“We learned of the number of alms boxes based on information from a suspect named Fitria Sanjaya, also known as Acil,” he said on Thursday as reported by tribunnews.com.
The arrested suspect was a member of the foundation, he added.
Indonesia records sharp rise in divorce rate
Last three years have seen more than 1,100 marriages end each day
Euis Sunarti, chairwoman of the Indonesian Family Activist Association, says her group has recorded at least 1,170 divorces in Indonesia every day for the past three years. (Photo courtesy of Institute Pertanian Bogor/ibp.ac.id)
More than 1,100 divorces have been recorded each day across Indonesia in the last three years, triggered by domestic violence and financial problems, a family care association reported.
The situation is being exacerbated by the prolonged crisis caused by Covid-19, it said.
According to the Indonesian Family Activist Association (GiGa Indonesia), a group that offers families counseling, the number of divorces increased significantly between 2017 and 2020.
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Many
pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia are reportedly ill-prepared to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of confirmed cases at the facilities has been rising.
According to Rabithah Ma’ahid Islamiyah (RMI), an institution under Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and the umbrella organization of NU
pesantren, at least 207 clerics at 110
pesantren nationwide have died of COVID-19 as of Dec. 8.
RMI chairman Abdul Ghofarrozin said the coronavirus threatened the wellbeing of
pesantren as well as clerics, and the government had yet to perform optimally to safeguard citizens.
“The indicators including suboptimal coordination among [government] agencies or ministries with regard to handling COVID-19 at