Istiqlal should set example for other mosques: Jokowi
Share Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta is unusually empty during Idul Fitri celebrations on May 24, 2020. THE JAKARTA POST Istiqlal should set example for other mosques: Jokowi Mon, 11 January 2021 Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated a newly improved Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta last week, after it had undergone large-scale renovations since May 2019. The largest mosque in Southeast Asia, Istiqlal’s renovation cost 511 billion rupiah ($ 36.27 million), paid for by the state budget of a country with the world’s largest Muslim population. Jokowi said this sum covered ...
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