Saturday, September 19, 2009

MUSLIM AUSTRALIA BERSIAP SAMBUT IDULFITRI

Pengurus berbagai organisasi kemasyarakatan Islam dan masjid yang melayani kepentingan ratusan ribu Muslim di Australia bersiap menyambut Idulfitri 1430 Hijriah yang diperkirakan jatuh Minggu dengan menyiapkan jadwal dan tempat salat Id.

Hingga Sabtu petang, komunitas Muslim di Australia, termasuk negara bagian Queensland, masih menuggu notifikasi hasil rukyat (melihat munculnya bulan baru-red) yang menandakan berakhirnya Ramadan.

Organisasi Komunitas Muslim di negara bagian Queensland, "Queensland Muslims", menyebutkan, jika "hilal" (bulan baru) terlibat Sabtu ini, perayaan Idulfitri digelar Minggu namun jika hilal gagal terlihat, puasa Ramadan digenapkan 30 hari dan perayaan Idulfitri jatuh Senin.

Sembari menunggu konfirmasi resmi tentang akhir Ramadan, pengurus Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Muslim di Universitas Queensland (MSA-UQ) dan berbagai masjid di kota Brisbane dan sekitarnya sudah menyiapkan tempat dan jadwal salat Id.

MSA-UQ akan menggelar salat Id di Taman William Dart (Taman Munro) kampus UQ Minggu pukul 7.15 waktu Brisbane diawali dengan pelantunan takbir bersama.

Selain di UQ, salat Id juga digelar di berbagai masjid dan sekolah Islam, seperti Islamic College of Brisbane (Karawata), Australian International Islamic College (Durak), Masjid Lutwych, Masjid Algester dan Masjid Bald Hills dengan waktu pelaksanaan salat bervariasa antara pukul 06.00 dan 07.30 waktu setempat.

Pada penetapan awal Ramadan 1430 Hijriah, komunitas Muslim di Australia tidak berbeda dengan umat Islam Indonesia, yakni 22 Agustus 2009. Di Indonesia, Idulfitri 1430 Hijriah sudah ditetapkan jatuh hari Minggu (20/9).

Di seluruh Australia, terdapat lebih dari 340 ribu orang Islam. Mereka berasal dari beragam bangsa.

*) My news for ANTARA on Sept 19, 2009

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Hi, I am a journalist of ANTARA, Indonesia's national news agency whose headquarters is in Jakarta. My fate has brought me back to Australia since March 2007 because my office assigns me to be the ANTARA correspondent there. My first visit to the neighboring country was in 2004 when I did my masters at the School of Journalism and Communication, the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, under the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) scheme. However, the phase of my life was started from a small town in North Sumatra Province, called Pangkalan Brandan. In that coastal town, I was born and grown up. Having completed my senior high school there in 1987, I moved to Medan to pursue my study at the University of North Sumatra (USU) and obtained my Sarjana (BA) degree in English literature in 1992. My Master of Journalism (MJ) was completed at UQ in July 2005. The final research project report for my MJ degree was entitled "Framing the Australian Embassy Bombing (Jakarta) in Indonesian and Australian Newspapers". Further details about me can be read in a writing posted in my blog entitled "My Life Journey".

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