JAKARTA — Bima Abdul Sholeh, 32, sat calmly as a doctor armed with a laser pointer zapped tattoos from his face at an event in Jakarta being held by a charity organisation during the holy month of Ramadan to give practicing Muslims an opportunity to 'repent'. Like him, more than a hundred Indonesians have signed up for tattoo removal procedures...
A woman gets tattoo removed with a laser during the event held by BAZNAS which provides a free tattoo removal programme during the holy month of Ramadan at the Central Jakarta Mayor's Office in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 26, 2024.
"Ramadan is the perfect momentum for this programme. To erase the tattoos is a form of worship to Allah," said Raja Zamzami, the coordinator of the event which is in its fourth year. "These people realise they want to repent... leave their past lifestyles and mistakes." "At some point I thought, what's the use of this ? There's no end to it. I decided to repent," Bima said, as he prepared to pray in his apartment after one of his removal sessions.
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