Banda Aceh, NU Online
Ulema in Aceh province denounced on Sunday the transvestites pageant held in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh the day before.
"We denounce the transvestite pageant. The event has marred the implementation of sharia law in Aceh," Secretary General of the Acehnese Ulema Association (HUDA) Tgk Faisal Ali said.<>
There was no place to organize a transvestite pageant in Aceh which implemented the sharia law, he said.
"Whatever the reason the pageant is surely against sharia law. We hope all parties concerned will be held responsible for the event which runs counter to the local tradition and culture as well as Islam," he said.
Faisal Ali who is also chief of the provincial branch of the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) said Islam forbade transvestism.
Darmuda, member of the Aceh legislative assembly also denounced the pageant. "We do not tolerate the pageant. Whatever the reason it is against Islam to which the vast majority of Acehnese people adhere."
He wondered how the pageant could have taken place.
"We will question the event`s organizing committee, including the management of the venue of the transvestite pageant" he said.
Some 40 transvestites took part in the 2010 Aceh Social and Cultural Ambassador pageant which has also become a transvestites gathering forum in Aceh on Saturday night (Feb 13).
"The Aceh Social and Cultural Ambassador pageant was held as an Acehnese transvestites gathering forum in Aceh," chief of the event`s organizers Jimmy said here Sunday.
A contestant from Lhokseumawe, Angga alias Zifana Lestisia, was chosen ambassador in the event at the state-run radio station, RRI, in Banda Aceh on Saturday (13/2).
Besides to strengthen the Aceh transvestites group, the event was also held to eliminate negative stigma on transsexual communities, he said.
"The event is to prove that transsexuals can also make positive contributions to the society," Jimmy said.
He claimed that the organizers had obtained permission from the Banda Aceh Ulema to hold the event. (ant/dar)
Ulema in Aceh province denounced on Sunday the transvestites pageant held in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh the day before.
"We denounce the transvestite pageant. The event has marred the implementation of sharia law in Aceh," Secretary General of the Acehnese Ulema Association (HUDA) Tgk Faisal Ali said.<>
There was no place to organize a transvestite pageant in Aceh which implemented the sharia law, he said.
"Whatever the reason the pageant is surely against sharia law. We hope all parties concerned will be held responsible for the event which runs counter to the local tradition and culture as well as Islam," he said.
Faisal Ali who is also chief of the provincial branch of the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) said Islam forbade transvestism.
Darmuda, member of the Aceh legislative assembly also denounced the pageant. "We do not tolerate the pageant. Whatever the reason it is against Islam to which the vast majority of Acehnese people adhere."
He wondered how the pageant could have taken place.
"We will question the event`s organizing committee, including the management of the venue of the transvestite pageant" he said.
Some 40 transvestites took part in the 2010 Aceh Social and Cultural Ambassador pageant which has also become a transvestites gathering forum in Aceh on Saturday night (Feb 13).
"The Aceh Social and Cultural Ambassador pageant was held as an Acehnese transvestites gathering forum in Aceh," chief of the event`s organizers Jimmy said here Sunday.
A contestant from Lhokseumawe, Angga alias Zifana Lestisia, was chosen ambassador in the event at the state-run radio station, RRI, in Banda Aceh on Saturday (13/2).
Besides to strengthen the Aceh transvestites group, the event was also held to eliminate negative stigma on transsexual communities, he said.
"The event is to prove that transsexuals can also make positive contributions to the society," Jimmy said.
He claimed that the organizers had obtained permission from the Banda Aceh Ulema to hold the event. (ant/dar)
