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NU refuses to be dragged into furore over Monas incident
NU Online · Selasa, 3 Juni 2008 | 15:08 WIB
Jakarta, NU Online
The General Chairman of the country`s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Hasyim Muzadi, said NU rejected efforts by certain organizations to involve it in the case of the Islamic Denfenders` Front (FPI) attack on a National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) rally at the National Monument (Monas) square on Sunday.
"The PBNU regrets the use of NU`s name and attempts to involve it in the furore over the Monas incident," Muzadi said here on Tuesday (3/6).<>
He said, after the Monas incident, many parties - both within and outside NU - were trying to drag NU into the case in an effort to show strength. The parties even tried to involve NU in physical clashes with the FPI.
"This should not happen and must be prevented. Physical clashes will harm both sides. We want to settle the Monas incident, not to cause it to escalate," he stressed.
He reminded parties who wanted to drag NU into the case such as NU`s youth wing GP Anshar , NU`s Pagar Nusa Martial Arts Community and other autonomous bodies within NU to stop their provocations.
"They have no right to do that and I warn them to stop their provocations. NU will impose sanctions on those who provoke," the Muzadi said.
He said both AKKBB and the FPI were wrong. The FPI was wrong because they had committed violence while the AKKBB was wrong because it had made the Ahmadiyah issue a problem of freedom of religion and faith.
"The Ahmadiyah issue is not a question of freedom of religion and faith but of defamation of a certain religion, in this case Islam," he said.
Muzadi also regretted the government`s indecision on the Ahmadiyah issue. (ant/dar)
The General Chairman of the country`s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Hasyim Muzadi, said NU rejected efforts by certain organizations to involve it in the case of the Islamic Denfenders` Front (FPI) attack on a National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) rally at the National Monument (Monas) square on Sunday.
"The PBNU regrets the use of NU`s name and attempts to involve it in the furore over the Monas incident," Muzadi said here on Tuesday (3/6).<>
He said, after the Monas incident, many parties - both within and outside NU - were trying to drag NU into the case in an effort to show strength. The parties even tried to involve NU in physical clashes with the FPI.
"This should not happen and must be prevented. Physical clashes will harm both sides. We want to settle the Monas incident, not to cause it to escalate," he stressed.
He reminded parties who wanted to drag NU into the case such as NU`s youth wing GP Anshar , NU`s Pagar Nusa Martial Arts Community and other autonomous bodies within NU to stop their provocations.
"They have no right to do that and I warn them to stop their provocations. NU will impose sanctions on those who provoke," the Muzadi said.
He said both AKKBB and the FPI were wrong. The FPI was wrong because they had committed violence while the AKKBB was wrong because it had made the Ahmadiyah issue a problem of freedom of religion and faith.
"The Ahmadiyah issue is not a question of freedom of religion and faith but of defamation of a certain religion, in this case Islam," he said.
Muzadi also regretted the government`s indecision on the Ahmadiyah issue. (ant/dar)
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