Saturday, September 19, 2009

MUSLIM AUSTRALIA RAYAKAN IDUL FITRI MINGGU

Umat Islam di Australia dipastikan merayakan Idul Fitri 1430 Hijriah Minggu (20/9) setelah tim rukyat memastikan adanya "hilal" (bulan baru) sebagai tanda berakhirnya bulan suci Ramadan.

Organisasi Komunitas Muslim di negara bagian Queensland, "Queensland Muslims", Sabtu malam, menyebarkan kepastian jatuhnya Idul Fitri 1430 Hijriah pada hari Minggu itu lewat laman (situs) resminya maupun layanan pesan singkat (SMS) ke semua nomor telepon selular warga Muslim yang mendaftar.

Untuk menyemarakkan Idul Fitri, para pengurus sejumlah organisasi keislaman, sekolah Islam, dan masjid di kota Brisbane dan sekitarnya akan menggelar salat Id yang diikuti dengan acara silaturahmi antarjamaah.

Pengurus Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Muslim di Universitas Queensland (MSA-UQ) misalnya akan menggelar shalat Id di Taman William Dart (Taman Munro) kampus UQ pada pukul 7.15 waktu Brisbane. Sebelum salat dimulai, para jamaah melantunkan takbir dan tahmid bersama.

Selain di UQ, shalat Id juga digelar di Islamic College of Brisbane (Karawata), Australian International Islamic College (Durak), Masjid Lutwych, Masjid Algester dan Masjid Bald Hills dengan waktu pelaksanaan bervariasi 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, Idul Fitri 1430 Hijriah sudah ditetapkan jatuh hari Minggu (20/9).

Di seluruh Australia, terdapat lebih dari 340 ribu warga Muslim yang berasal dari beragam bangsa.

*) My updated 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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