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        "id": 1610433,
        "msgid": "mui-urges-government-to-take-preventive-measures-against-seasonal-begging-1773388340",
        "date": "2026-03-13 14:01:30",
        "title": "MUI Urges Government to Take Preventive Measures Against Seasonal Begging",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council's Women, Youth and Family division has called on the government to implement preventive measures to combat seasonal begging that often exploits children ahead of Eid al-Fitr celebrations, stressing the need for both mental conditioning of children to become providers rather than seekers, and systemic poverty alleviation. She emphasised that a cross-sectoral approach encompassing both enforcement and rehabilitation is necessary, as the root cause of seasonal begging is poverty-driven exploitation of children rather than their own volition.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2014 The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Women, Youth\nand Family division, Siti Ma\u2019rifah, has called on the government to take\npreventive measures to address the growing phenomenon of seasonal\nbegging that often exploits children ahead of the Eid al-Fitr 1447 H\ncelebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond enforcement measures, there must also be preventive steps. So\nmentally, how do we teach (children) to become people whose hands are on\ntop (giving),\u201d said Siti Ma\u2019rifah in a statement in Jakarta on\nFriday.<\/p>\n<p>The daughter of Vice President Ma\u2019ruf Amin emphasised that children\u2019s\nmentality and principles must be taught to make them givers rather than\ntakers (seekers), as per Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Siti Ma\u2019rifah believed that all parties must play a\nrole in poverty alleviation as the root cause of seasonal begging that\noften exploits children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this root problem is not solved (it will recur). So both the\nmental aspect and the root cause of poverty must be addressed together,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not just about enforcement, but also about guidance, because\nthese children are being exploited, it is not their choice. That is what\nrequires a cross-sectoral approach,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo had instructed that\nduring Ramadhan, the civil police (Satpol PP) units should enforce\nregulations against beggars and street cart operators in the\ncapital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause that does not reflect Jakarta as a global city. And\nalhamdulillah now there are practically no beggars on the streets like\nbefore,\u201d Pramono said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mui-urges-government-to-take-preventive-measures-against-seasonal-begging-1773388340",
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