TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) performs Eid prayer at Istiqlal Mosque this morning, June 25.
Aside from Jokowi, other state officials also attend Istiqlal Mosque today, including Vice President Jusuf Kalla, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri and People’s Consultative Assembly speaker Zulkifli Hasan.
Cleric Quraish Shihab gave a sermon after the prayer with the theme of national unity.
"We are one nation, share the same language and country and we have agreed to adopt Bhineka Tunggal Ika [Unity in Diversity, the national motto] and realize that Islam and other religions do not forbid us from having our own group and have differences. What’s forbidden is to have our own group and fight with each other," Quraish said.
Thousands of Muslims performed the Eid prayer. The attendees even flocked the compound of the mosque.
Last year, Jokowi performed Eid prayer in Padang, West Sumatra.