Mass prayer for national unity

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)