5,000 Moslems pray for end to crisis

5,000 Moslems pray for end to crisis

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: At least 5,000 Moslems attended a
mass prayer, known as Istighosah kubro, here yesterday to ask for
divine help to lift Indonesia out of its problems, Antara
reported.

Waves of people from the provincial capital, Kupang, and the
districts of Timor Tengah Selatan, Timor Tengah Utara and Belu
began flooding into the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police
soccer field at 6 a.m.

The congregation recited verses of the Koran led by 22 local
Moslem figures.

Muhammad Salim al Djufri, chairman of the Kupang chapter of
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Islamic organization
with more than 30 million members, called on the Moslem community
to pray for Allah's mercy and guidance.