Eid al-Fitr Research Articles

Spatial Point Data Analysis of Geolocated Tweets in the First Day of Eid Al-Fitr 2017 in Java Island

Eid Al-Fitr is a worldwide Muslim feast day, which in Indonesia generally accompanied by tradition of going home (mudik). The demographic patterns at the time of the holiday are generally shifted, in which some urban residents will travel to their hometowns. The impact of this shifting is that there is a quite massive mobility of the population, which is generally accompanied by traffic congestion. The presence of location sensors on smartphone devices, open the opportunity to map the movement of the population in realtime or near-realtime. Especially now that social media applications have been integrated with the capability to include location information. One of the popular social media applications in Indonesia is Twitter, which provides microblogging facilities to its users. This study aims to analyze the pattern of Geolocated Tweets data uploaded by Twitter users on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr (1 Syawal 1438H). Geolocated Tweets data mining is done by using Streaming API (Application Programming Interface) and Python programming language. There are 13,224 Geolocated Tweets points obtained at the location of the study. Various point data analysis techniques applied to the data have been collected, such as density analysis, pattern analysis, and proximity analysis. In general, active Twitter users are dominated by residents in major cities, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Surakarta and Semarang. The results of the analysis can be used to determine whether the Geolocated Tweets data mined by the Streaming API method can be used to represent the movement of the population when mudik.

Photos from the Quarter

This sample of photos, selected from hundreds viewed by JPS, aims to convey a sense of Palestinian life during the quarter from 16 May–15 August 2017. In this issue, Palestinians initiate a boycott of Haram al-Sharif after Israeli authorities change Jerusalem's delicate status quo; electricity shortages wrack Gaza as Israel's ten-year blockade of the Strip continues; and Muslims celebrate Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

The Role and Effort by Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in Consolidation and Determining the Beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan and EID Celebrations in Indonesia

Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia is the designated agency of the Republic of Indonesia which administer religious affairs of the people in Indonesia. Every year, Muslims in Indonesia will celebrate the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. However, there are some Islamic social organizations in Indonesia which did not conform with the commencement of Ramadan and Eid celebrations as occured in 2010, 2011 and 2015. The question is, what is the role of Ministry of Religious Affairs to ensure conformity in celebrating month of worships in Indonesia? Based on authority given to it, what efforts have been done to achieve uniformity among Muslims in celebrating months of worship in Indonesia? This paper was written to unravel on issues related to this matter. There are two main objectives. First, to identify practice procedure by Ministry of Religious Affairs in coordinating the commencement of Ramadan and Eid celebrations. Second, to analyze the role and exert efforts in trying to gain uniformity in determining the beginning of Ramadan and Eid celebrations. In order to achieve both objectives, a library and field studies were carried out on the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia. Results showed that the Ministry of Religious Affairs play the role of a mediator in order to achieve consensus for Muslims in celebrating the start of Ramadan and Eid celebrations. Various attempts have been made to achieve this consensus. Among them are forming a special committee discussing ways to unite Muslims in celebrating the start of Ramadan and Eid celebration in Indonesia. This shows that the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia play an important role in achieving consensus in celeberating the start of Ramadan and Eid celebrations throughout the country

Social Construction On Cultural Multiculturalism

<p>This paper aims to disseminate the results of the study and get feedback about the "Social construction on Multiculturalism". Five years ago, Ahimsa Putra (2011) stated that Indonesia adopted pluralism without multiculturalism. Until now the issue of multiculturalism has become something that must be kept alive in an attempt to minimize the incidence of national disintegration. Winter (2015) tried to rethink multiculturalism by taking a lesson from Canada, where the people experienced setbacks in implementing the work program of multiculturalism. While Pakulski (2014) considered the implementation of multiculturalism policy program in Australia as a blur, Scuzzarello (2015), optimistically invited to care about multiculturalism and re power sharing on different communities. Gozdecka et al. (2014), in recent years after multiculturalism was declared, stated that it was a failure both in Europe and in Anglophone West. This study was conducted in Blitar, using a qualitative approach to data collection methods and also interviews with ten informants. The result showed that the community was concerned with the existence of multiculturalism; they considered themselves as ‘brother’. In addition, they described that: (a) asserting one's cultural identity, studying and assessing the cultural heritage of a person is important; (b) respecting and having a desire to understand and learn about (and from) other cultures is useful; (c) being always delighted with the presence of different cultures in the community, and considering it as a positive thing to be respected and maintained is crucial. The harmony was found in everyday lives, especially in the Religious and National holidays, for example Eid Al-Fitr, Vesak, Christmas, and other religious holidays. Also, it could be seen during the Commemoration of National Holiday such as the Independence Day and the Youth Pledge Day.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong><em>social construction, pluralism, multiculturalism, Indonesia</em>.<strong><em></em></strong></p>

PELUANG DAN TANTANGAN DALAM PENGELOLAAN WAKAF

There is a strong tremendous financial owned by Muslims. He was able to change the living standards of people in a short time. As an example, with their awareness of the tithes paying, we see none of the poor, orphans and Muslims were hungry the whole day of Eid al-Fitr, even sometimes it was excessive and difficult to share. Moreover, if the Muslims are aware of the infaq (waqf) and alms, the welfare, prosperity, security and comforts of life will be realized. Endowment is not a new thing. It is a legacy of the Prophet which is very beneficial in the history of Islam. Waqf is a terrible practice with benefits and rewards flowing endlessly. Therefore, endowments must be managed professionally, transparantly and accountably.

Social Space as People-gathering Tool

Modern cities designed by architects and urban planners often destroy local cultures, remove the traces of the human civilization that already settled for a long time, so that it makes the history of the development and changes of the city unrecognizable. With the aim of generating profits from commercial buildings, architects and designers sometimes abandon and even get rid of old spaces and local communities. As a place of settlement for the Tamil community since 1917, Kampung Keling has been able to maintain its presence as a unique area in the midst of the development of the city of Medan. Nowadays, Tamil is not a major community in the area, but the Chinese belong 85 percent of the buildings in Kampung Keling. A harmonious relationship between the remained Tamil local community and Chinese newcomer community has generated new social space. For a full month before the celebration of the Chinese New Year, Eid Al-Fitr and Christmas & New Year annually, Tamil community blend with the people of the city. They interact in the sale and purchase of fireworks in the small stalls that they open in front of the shop houses belonged to the Chinese community along the pedestrian path in Zainul Arifin Street. On the grand, every year on December 31st night Kampung Keling becomes the centre of the fireworks festival, thousands of people gather in Kampung Keling to buy and light fireworks. This social space not only becomes a meeting place between Tamil community who lives in the periphery area and Chinese community who do business in the centre of Kampung Keling, but also becomes a place for gathering people from various corners in the city of Medan, regardless of their ethnicities and religions. This paper shows what extent the social space generated by Tamil and Chinese community becomes the central place where people gather in the city of Medan.

Identifikasi Faktor-Faktor Penyebab Penurunan Aktivitas Perdagangan Mebel di Koridor Jalan Soekarno Hatta Kabupaten Jepara

<p class="Abstract"><em>The utilization of space in Jepara Regency is dominated by the local industries of furniture manufacturing and have the export potential. The furniture showrooms can be found along the Jepara Regency corridor. One of the corridors that h</em><em>ave</em><em> a lot of furniture showrooms is the corridor of Soekarno Hatta. However, the corridor of Soekarno Hatta has the low function corridor because of a lot of showrooms is closed. The shift of the showrooms to the domestic industry and the instability of exports lead to the decreased area functions. The study aims to identify the factors that lead to the decreased function area as the furniture trading area in the corridor of Soekarno Hatta. The study was conducted with a qualitative approach. The results showed that the dominant factor leading to the decreased function area as the furniture trading area in the corridor of Jalan Soekarno Hatta is the performance of export activities. The online media marketing, the directly shoppers to the furniture craftsmen, and the coincided with the school and Eid al-Fitr moon affect the performance of the furniture export.</em></p>

Religious holidays and analysts forecast optimism: Evidence from MENA countries

We investigate the effect of religious holidays on analyst recommendation on stock markets in MENA countries stock markets (Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Algeria, Bahrain) for the period of 2004 to 2015. The result shows that on pre-holidays, analysts tend to issue pessimistic recommendations, and issue optimistic recommendations on post-holidays [1] . Prior literature on day-of –the week effect is consonant with our results which document an increase in stock prices during the week, and a decrease in stock prices over the weekend. We argue that analysts can benefit from the upward trend in stock prices during Post-Holidays by issuing an optimistic recommendation. Analysts may as well benefit from the downward trend in stock prices by issuing pessimistic recommendations on pre-holidays. We also exhibit that our results are more consistent among less experienced analysts and in firms with greater information uncertainty. [1] Post holidays are the period before Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha and Eid-al Mawlid; three terms relating to Muslims holy-festival.

KARAKTERISTIK DAN PERSEPSI WISATAWAN TERHADAP DAYA TARIK WISATA PANTAI KATA DI KOTA PARIAMAN, SUMATERA BARAT

Abstract Kata Beach as a tourist attraction has the potential and uniqueness of the coastal tourist attraction in general. But with the potential and uniqueness of the tourist attraction that should Kata Beach can attract more tourists, because at this time the number of tourists visiting the tourist attraction Kata still little and visited only at certain times such as the feast of Eid al-Fitr and the day-to-day national holiday. Local people who trade or sell around Kata Beach tourist attraction has yet to obtain maximum profit. This is caused by the time they trade and sell uncertain because they only sell at the moment busy travelers, if not crowded tourists who visit them do not open a shop to sell. Obviously this becomes a problem for the manager of a tourist attraction Kata Beach. To overcome these problems the need for improvements made ??by the manager of a tourist attraction Kata, by way of knowing in advance how the characteristics of tourists visiting Kata Beach, as well as knowing how travelers perception of the condition of Kata Beach is a tourist attraction at this point. So from the data manager can analyze the intended target market and to facilitate the development of decision-making will be done. Collecting data in this study through observation, interviews, questionnaires, and Documentation studies. The type of data being used is supported by quantitative data and qualitative data. While the data sources used in the form of primary data and secondary data. Analysis using descriptive statistics which describe or illustrate the data that has been collected from a population, which is obtained by Likert Scale Data measurement techniques. Characteristics of tourists visiting the tourist attraction Kata very good variety of indicators of gender, age, education, occupation and region of origin. While the perception of tourists on Kata Beach scored poorly on 6 indicators of security, number of toilets, cleanliness of restrooms, parking lot security, parking attendants skills and number of security officers. So it is necessary to reform by the manager for the indicators that scored poorly perceived by the tourists who visit.

Eid al-Fitr festivities in Ingushetia: common characteristics and specifics

The article deals with the general Muslim and local practices of the Eid al-Fitr festivities in Ingushetia. It describes the events organized in the Republic of Ingushetia on the eve and during the festival on governmental and individual levels. The ethnographic specifics of the local traditions are shown considering the changes that have occurred over the pafew decades due to governmental ideological guidelines and realities of the day.

Does the Holiday Effect Differ from Religious to Non-Religious Holidays? Empirical Evidence from Egypt

This study aims to investigate the presence of holiday effect on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) over the period 2010 to 2015. It utilizes daily data of the EGX30 index prices and trading volumes and applies dummy variables OLS regression. Three types of holidays are examined those being, secular, Islamic, and Christian, and those, in turn, are disaggregated into their individual components. The findings reveal that there are differences in the behavior of stock prices between holidays. While the secular and Islamic holidays are mainly associated with positive pre-holiday returns, the Christian holidays are associated with positive post-holiday returns. Disaggregating these holidays into their individual components reveals that the Police Day holiday, Eid Al-Fitr holiday and Eastern Christmas holiday are the major holidays driving the secular, Islamic and Christian holidays’ effect respectively. Interestingly, the results obtained when the trading volume is used do not support the presence of a holiday effect on trading volume. The findings could have important implications for developing profitable investment strategies in periods of holidays.

The festival of fast-breaking Eid al-Fitr in the Great Mosque of Lhasa. Some observations

Cet article décrit la fête de la rupture de jeûne célébrée à la fin du Ramadan par les musulmans de Lhasa au Tibet. Il s’appuie sur une enquête de terrain qui s’est déroulée du 6 août au 6 septembre 2011.

THE DISCOURSE OF EID 1429AH/2011AD GREETINGS ON THE BANNERS AND BILLBOARDS IN PADANG CITY

Eid al-Fitr is special compared to other holy days of Muslims. In addition to the celebration of victory for Muslims after a month-long fasting, there is a national phenomenon that occurs ahead of the Eid al-Fitr: the flow of urban people returning to their home towns and villlages. Millions of Muslims in Indonesia return home ahead of the holy day. Padang city or Ranah Minang as the capital of West Sumatra Province is one of the destinations for those homeward-bound travelers since the city and other areas in West Sumatra are the hometowns of the Minang people. Simultaneously, in every public space in the city, banners are installed by the head of the local government, political parties, or community leaders to deliver Eid greetings. This article examines the discourse of the message on the banners in the city of Padang in relation to the reality around the place where the banners were installed, the social context, as well as the relationship between the discourses on the banners.
 
 Keywords: Discourse, Eid Greetings

Hypothesis: holiday sudden cardiac death: food and alcohol inhibition of SULT1A enzymes as a precipitant.

Sudden cardiac death is a significant health issue, causing millions of deaths worldwide annually. Studies have found that the likelihood of such death is higher in winter. Further studies identified that the highest likelihood occurs on Christmas Day and New Years Day, but not the interim period. Thanksgiving, Independence Day and the Islamic holiday Eid Al-Fitr also show significant increases in the rate of cardiac events or death. A number of mechanisms have been proposed, but none have satisfactorily explained the evidence. This article reviews the data supporting the existence of a holiday cardiac death phenomenon, the involvement of catecholamines and the normal modes of human catecholamine deactivation. Further evidence is reviewed that supports a hypothesized mechanism whereby critical SULT1A catecholamine deactivation enzymes can in some patients be inhibited by naturally-occurring phenols and polyphenols in foods and alcohols. If deactivation is inhibited by holiday consumption excesses, holiday stress or excitement could lead to a buildup of catecholamines that can cause fatal arrhythmias. Awareness of this mechanism could reduce deaths, both through doctor/patient education leading to a moderation in consumption and through the potential identification of patients with a predisposition to SULT1A inhibition. This hypothesis also raises parallels between sudden cardiac death in adults and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The possible involvement of SULT1A inhibition in SIDS is discussed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Is There An Eid al-Fitr Effect In Malaysia?

We test for the Eid al-Fitr Calendar Effect for the Syariah Index of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for the period from 2000 to 2003 and find no statistically significant effect. We examine the adjusted daily excess return and the cumulative adjusted daily excess return for the Syariah Index relative to the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index for the five Eid al-Fitr occurrences during the test period for the ninety day period about the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The empirical evidence does not support the existence of this calendar effect in the Malaysian stock market.

Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction During Islamic Holiday Seasons

Some weather and holiday seasons are associated with increased incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We studied the influence of one such season, Islamic holiday season of "Eid Al-Fitr", on the incidence of AMI in a Muslim country. This was carried out by examining the admissions to the coronary care unit of a large hospital over six consecutive years (from 1997 to 2003), encompassing six consecutive holiday seasons in Kuwait. We compared the admission rates during three time intervals in each of those 6 years; the Eid holiday season, the 2 months before and the 2 months after. A total of 964 AMI admissions occurred, with a mean age of 55 years. When the admission rates were compared, the Islamic holiday seasons were associated with a significant increase in AMI admission rate (45 cases vs. 31 cases, p < 0.01). This increase occurred mainly on the second day of the 4-day holiday season. This finding was confirmed using Locally Weighted Smooth Regression (LOESS) regression models with different smoothing levels. Our finding might have potential implications for preventive health campaigns in Muslim countries.