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NU congress attended by some 30 mufti/ulema from around the world
Senin, 22 Maret 2010 | 03:05 WIB
Makassar, NU Online
The NU 32nd congress which will be held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on 23-28 March 2010, is considerably very special if compared with NU previous congresses. The special is that the congress will be attended by some 30 mufti/ulema (Muslim scholars) from around the world. Their presence in the froum is the first in NU history.
"The mufti will hold meetings taking up issues on how to develop the Islamic world, today, (Monday). In addition, they will also participate in the congress opening on Tuesday," chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Masykuri Abdillah told reporters here on Monday.
Masykuri who is also deputy <>secretary general of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars said the mufti would reportedly hold a meeting with Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at about 12.00 (local time zone) one hour before the congres opening.
"The meeting is based on the fact that as a largest Muslim organization in the world, NU will understandably ask for the mufti/ulema to further increase communications among them," he said.
He explained that the meeting was extremely important to show various developments of Islam in the country in which for the last few decades such meeting has not widely been recognized by ulema in Indonesia. As a result there have some of the time been bad perceptions related to the originality of Islam in Indonesia.
"It's true that NU has organized international forums since the last seven years, especially the first International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) in 2004, the second was in 2006 and the third was in 2008," Masykuri said.
He added, in the tomorrow's meeting, the mufti would expectedly be capable of understanding and addressing various problems facing Muslims around the world, in addition to sharing fresh ideas with one another.
The mufti having so far been in the congress arena are from such countries as Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Syria, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Russia, Egypt, Australia, Afghanistan and Morocco. (arm)
The NU 32nd congress which will be held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on 23-28 March 2010, is considerably very special if compared with NU previous congresses. The special is that the congress will be attended by some 30 mufti/ulema (Muslim scholars) from around the world. Their presence in the froum is the first in NU history.
"The mufti will hold meetings taking up issues on how to develop the Islamic world, today, (Monday). In addition, they will also participate in the congress opening on Tuesday," chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Masykuri Abdillah told reporters here on Monday.
Masykuri who is also deputy <>secretary general of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars said the mufti would reportedly hold a meeting with Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at about 12.00 (local time zone) one hour before the congres opening.
"The meeting is based on the fact that as a largest Muslim organization in the world, NU will understandably ask for the mufti/ulema to further increase communications among them," he said.
He explained that the meeting was extremely important to show various developments of Islam in the country in which for the last few decades such meeting has not widely been recognized by ulema in Indonesia. As a result there have some of the time been bad perceptions related to the originality of Islam in Indonesia.
"It's true that NU has organized international forums since the last seven years, especially the first International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) in 2004, the second was in 2006 and the third was in 2008," Masykuri said.
He added, in the tomorrow's meeting, the mufti would expectedly be capable of understanding and addressing various problems facing Muslims around the world, in addition to sharing fresh ideas with one another.
The mufti having so far been in the congress arena are from such countries as Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Syria, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Russia, Egypt, Australia, Afghanistan and Morocco. (arm)
