Mass prayer for national unity

Mon, 22 Nov 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG: Some 5,000 people took part in a mass prayer for
national solidarity at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque here on Sunday.

Leaders of several religions, Governor Mardiyanto, the chief
of the Diponegoro Military Command overseeing Central Java, Maj.
Gen. Bibit Waluyo, provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi and
foreign participants from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei were on
hand for the event organized by the Central Java chapter of the
Indonesian Ulemas Council.

Attendants said prayers for unity, peace, love and solidarity
in the country, which has seen massive riots and threats of
separatism over the past year. (har/edt)

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