Jakarta, Sept 10 (Antara) - Indonesian Muslims will join the rest of the Islamic world to observe and convey prayers on Eid-Al-Adha, which coincides with the peak of Hajj rituals in Arafah, Mina and Muzdalifah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
In Indonesia, the Eid-Al-Adha prayers will be performed on Monday, September 12, to mark the tenth day of the Islamic month of Zulhijjah.
After prayers in the morning, Indonesian Muslims will slaughter sacrificial animals as a symbol of obedience for when God ordered the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his beloved son Prophet Ismail, who was then replaced with a sheep.
Therefore, several days before the Eid-Al-Adha festivities, traders can be seen offering sacrificial animals for sale in different corners and squares of the cities. Sacrificial animals, such as goats, sheep, cows and buffaloes, are slaughtered during this festival and should be healthy.
In order to ensure the healthiness of the animals, the Indonesian Consumers Institute (YLKI) said sacrificial animals should have complete health certificates. For the sake of the ritual, a certificate is also needed for ensuring the safety of the meat for consumption.
"The certificate is needed to ensure that the animals do not suffer from any disease," YLKI Chairman Tulus Abadi said in Jakarta on Friday.
The healthiness of the animals can be guaranteed with certificates issued by veterinarians. The government should be proactive in inspecting animals being offered in different places, where temporary sacrificial animal cages are built.
The government can also set up command posts, where the people can take their sacrificial animals for a health check-up, according to Tulus Abadi.
Besides, those assigned to slaughter the sacrificial animals should also possess 'halal' certificates to make sure that the animals are slaughtered according to Islamic rituals. The slaughtering method should not cause the animals to feel tortured, but instead they should die fast.
During the slaughtering session, the animals being slaughtered should not be seen by children so that the slaughtering does leave a psychological impact, such as fostering violence or sadism in them. Based on the Islamic law, animals which are slaughtered should be separated from the others, which are waiting turn so that they do not cause the others to feel depressed.
In the capital city, the Deputy Governor of Jakarta Djarot Saiful Hidayat guaranteed that animals being traded for the sacrificial ritual are healthy and secure for slaughter and for consumption. They have undergone a strict health examination.
Animal health officials will also visit cattle cages, which sell sacrificial animals to check their health. If they find cattle, goats, sheep or buffalos that do not meet the required health standards, they will ask the owners to send them back to the supplying regions.
"We examine the animals, which came from outside the city. Generally, the health of the animals is good. Only a small number of animals have problems and we have asked that they should be sent back. They are sent back not because they have contracted anthrax, but many of them are still young, suffer from a disease or are lame," said Djarot.
The deputy governor added that his administration has taken preventive measures, including against dangerous diseases. All sacrificial animals in Jakarta must be free from contracting Anthrax.
Meanwhile, Darjamuri, the head of Jakarta's Maritime, Agriculture and Food Resilience Service (DKPKP) said his office had predicted the number of sacrificial animals in Jakarta reaching 9,657 cows, 304 buffalos, 26,113 goats and 1,496 heads of sheep.
"We guarantee that sacrificial animals on sale in Jakarta for Eid-Al-Aha are healthy animals and will meet the requirements. This is because we have coordinated with supplier regions where we asked that animals sent to Jakarta should have complete health certificates obtained from veterinarians," said Darjamuni.
In order to provide protection to the people, his office is also deploying 808 animal health officials to check the health of sacrificial animals and meat in Jakarta.
They are prepared to provide assistance in examining the health of animals and the meat of the sacrificial animals. The examinations are conducted free of charge, according to Darjamuni.
Meanwhile, the National Alms Board (Baznas) has set a target of distributing the meat of 3,000 sacrificial animals bought by contributors through the Baznas' online program.
M Arifin Purwakanata, director of Baznas, said the number of sacrificial animals is too small at the moment because the Baznas online animal sacrificial program is still new.
The digital sacrificial animal system was launched during the last Eid-Al-Fitr or Lebaran festivities (in early July) to facilitate those contributing sacrificial animals and to perform the religious rituals as ordained in Islam.
"We have set a target of 3,000 sacrificial animals. This would empower some 600 animal breeders. But I hope the number of sacrificial animals will exceed 3 thousand," Arifin noted last month.
The meat of the sacrificial animals will be distributed among people living in isolated areas, who seldom receive sacrificial meat. Baznas will also try through its branches in 520 cities in 33 provinces to ensure even distribution across the country.
After all, there are many residents in Indonesia, who have never received sacrificial animals and never consumed sacrificial animal meat.
The digital sacrificial animal program has been welcomed by Indonesians overseas as it would help them contribute sacrificial animals in their own regions. The animals, which will be slaughtered as part of the sacrificial ritual, will be purchased from local breeders. ***4***(A014/INE/B003) DITED BY INE(T.A014/A/BESSR/Bustanuddin) 10-09-2016 23:49: |
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