Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir toured a Karanganyar village, at which time he commented that he felt the disaster had been caused as a form of divine revenge, saying "This was likely caused by immoral acts going on here," and "This could be a lesson to be learned."
イスラム聖職者のアブ・バカル・バシルはKaranganyar村を訪れ、この災害は神からの報復だと感じると述べ、「ここで不敬なことが行われているために起こったことだ」そして「学ぶべき教訓かもしれない」と言った。