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        "msgid": "balis-muslim-community-promotes-religious-moderation-during-eid-al-fitr-prayer-1774057842",
        "date": "2026-03-21 07:59:04",
        "title": "Bali's Muslim Community Promotes Religious Moderation During Eid al-Fitr Prayer",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "During Eid al-Fitr prayers in Denpasar, Bali's Muslim community emphasised the importance of religious moderation, balancing devotion to God (hablun minallah) with harmonious relations with others (hablun minannas) in Indonesia's diverse society. The event, attended by an estimated 5,000 people, highlighted Bali's long-standing tradition as an icon of religious tolerance, with local Hindu security forces (pecalang) collaborating with police to ensure smooth proceedings. This year's celebrations, coinciding closely with Nyepi, underscored the peaceful coexistence among Bali's multicultural residents, including expatriates who found a stronger sense of community compared to their home countries.",
        "content": "<p>Denpasar (ANTARA) - Bali\u2019s Muslim community promoted the spirit of\nreligious moderation during Eid al-Fitr 1447 Hijriah prayers in Denpasar\non Saturday. \u201cThis is about how we live in a pluralistic society;\nearlier, the message was about religious moderation, so we are not just\nhablun minallah, meaning we do not only worship Allah,\u201d said the Eid\nal-Fitr 1447 Hijriah prayer leader at Lumintang Field in Denpasar City,\nMasrur, in Denpasar on Saturday. He also urged the entire Muslim\ncommunity to live peacefully alongside others, known as hablun minannas.\nMoreover, he said, residents in Bali possess a spirit of maintaining\nreligious moderation and tolerance because the region is an icon of\nreligious moderation in a diverse society. \u201cBali is actually an icon of\nreligious moderation that has been practised for centuries, so we must\npreserve it and not allow certain groups to create conflict on religious\ngrounds, because the teachings of religion are clear: hablun minallah,\nhablun minannas,\u201d he stated. He exemplified religious moderation during\nthe Eid al-Fitr prayer at Lumintang Field, where Muslims were not\nisolated, as pecalang or Balinese customary village security units\ncollaborated with the police to manage traffic. Every year, he said, the\nnumber of participants in Eid prayers continues to increase, with an\nestimated 5,000 people filling the field this year for Eid al-Fitr. \u201cAll\ncommittees have coordinated well, and alhamdulillah, on this Eid al-Fitr\ndate, the preparations were not rushed after Nyepi; they were carried\nout maximally, and we were also assisted by the pecalang, which we are\nproud of,\u201d said Masrur. The committee observed an increase in\nparticipants performing Eid prayers at the field this year. This\nenthusiasm is estimated to stem from the community finding peace in life\nin Bali, especially since this year\u2019s Eid al-Fitr coincided closely with\nNyepi, the Hindu New Year observance. Those praying at the site are\nusually those who did not go home for the holidays or have settled in\nBali. Lumintang Field is not far from the Muslim village area, which has\nlong developed in Bali. After the Eid al-Fitr prayer, the Muslim\ncommunity continued with family visits or meetings with elders in the\narea. One participant, Valentina Septa (22), said she was delighted to\nperform Eid prayer at the field for the first time with thousands of\npeople. The woman from the Netherlands, who was born in Indonesia, said\nthat in her home country, there are no such activities. Previously,\nRamadan was observed individually, and Eid al-Fitr prayers were held at\nhome. \u201cI\u2019m from the Netherlands but was born in Indonesia; in the last\nsix months, I\u2019ve returned to Bali. Here, Ramadan and prayers are hot,\nbut we still feel connected to God because the atmosphere is better here\nwith many Muslims, whereas in the Netherlands, everyone does it alone,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/balis-muslim-community-promotes-religious-moderation-during-eid-al-fitr-prayer-1774057842",
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