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NU: Both FPI and AKKBB have no “understanding” in dealing with Ahmadiyah
Selasa, 3 Juni 2008 | 13:05 WIB
Jakarta, NU Online
General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Hasyim Muzadi said that both the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) had misunderstood in dealing with Ahmadiyah.
Hasyim said the AKKBB on one hand viewed that the demand to ban the “deviant” sect in Indonesia was a violation of human rights and the freedom of religion and belief as protected by the 1945 Constitution.<>
“So they (AKKBB) were of view that Ahmadiyah is dealt with the issue of freedom of religion and belief,” Hasyim told reporters at his office, Jalan Kramat Raya 164 Jakarta on Tuesaday (3/5).
Whereas, he said, the issue of Ahmadiyah was the one related to the insulting to a certain religion, namely Islam. All this was based on the sect's view that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the last prophet after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Hasyim said.
If the sect declared of being deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was a certain religion and not part of Islam, Hasyim added, the Ahmadiyah's view was not problem of course and nothing to do with Muslims.
“If the Ahmadiyah born as a religion, that's not problem,” the President of World Conference on Religions for Peace said, adding that it would be problem in Islam if the “deviant” Ahmadiyah declared itself as Islam and acknowledged two prophets.
While the groups whose no similar views with the AKKBB, including the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Hasyim said, had yet to understand that Indonesia was a country that must deal with its all problems through legal procedures.
The groups, Hasyim said, had most of the time provoked by committing violence against Ahmadiyah's members and damaging their property. It was recently the attack by FPI against members of the AKKBB in Jakarta. (rif)
General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Hasyim Muzadi said that both the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) had misunderstood in dealing with Ahmadiyah.
Hasyim said the AKKBB on one hand viewed that the demand to ban the “deviant” sect in Indonesia was a violation of human rights and the freedom of religion and belief as protected by the 1945 Constitution.<>
“So they (AKKBB) were of view that Ahmadiyah is dealt with the issue of freedom of religion and belief,” Hasyim told reporters at his office, Jalan Kramat Raya 164 Jakarta on Tuesaday (3/5).
Whereas, he said, the issue of Ahmadiyah was the one related to the insulting to a certain religion, namely Islam. All this was based on the sect's view that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the last prophet after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Hasyim said.
If the sect declared of being deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was a certain religion and not part of Islam, Hasyim added, the Ahmadiyah's view was not problem of course and nothing to do with Muslims.
“If the Ahmadiyah born as a religion, that's not problem,” the President of World Conference on Religions for Peace said, adding that it would be problem in Islam if the “deviant” Ahmadiyah declared itself as Islam and acknowledged two prophets.
While the groups whose no similar views with the AKKBB, including the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Hasyim said, had yet to understand that Indonesia was a country that must deal with its all problems through legal procedures.
The groups, Hasyim said, had most of the time provoked by committing violence against Ahmadiyah's members and damaging their property. It was recently the attack by FPI against members of the AKKBB in Jakarta. (rif)
