Jakarta: Indonesian police say traffic accidents have killed nearly 600 people during the two-week holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
In one accident Saturday, a bus collision killed nine vacationers. West Java police spokesman Dade Ahmad said 12 others were hurt in the crash in Subang district, south of Jakarta.
Sergeant Wahyono of the country's central traffic information service said Sunday that 1,545 accidents were reported during the holiday, when millions of Indonesians return to their home villages. He said 596 people died.
Road accidents are common on the crowded and poorly maintained highways of Indonesia, a vast nation of 235 million people.
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Abdul-Kareem
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The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Each of you is a guardian and each of you is questioned over his subjects, the Imam who is responsible over the people and he is questioned over his responsibility." [Bukhari, Muslim] It's completely unacceptable for the Indonesian government to play with Muslim lives like this by not maintaining a good quality road network. Maintaining roads and the safety of those who use them is one of the responsibilities of the state in Islam. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم organised the roads at his time by making the road of seven arms in case of dispute. Al-Bukhari narrated from Abu Hurayrah: "The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم decided in case there was a dispute the road would be of seven arms". This was administrative organisation at that time, and if there was need for wider than that it is allowed according to the opinion of Shafi'i. |
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