News Halaqoh II Pre-National and Major Conference

NU Young, Old Need to Talk

NU Online  ·  Sabtu, 8 Juli 2006 | 07:11 WIB

Jakarta, NU Online
The different line of thoughts of NU young and old followers that has recently looked dispute should be immediately overcome. They need to meet and hold a dialogue in negotiating table. If not the NU followers (nahdliyin) would be busy thinking the difference and neglecting the important things that should be performed.

The statement above came into existence in the Halaqoh II Pre-Ulemas National and Major Konference of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) in Jakarta, Saturday (8/7). The first session of the Halaqoh was focusing on NU frame of thinking (fikrah Nahdliyyah). 

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Mukhlas Hasyim, a mandate of Central Java’s Regional Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PWNU), expected Islamic clerics (kiais) to pay more attention and understand such “language” driven by young generation.

“Whereas the young men have powerful networks and reasonable writings as raised in mass media or in a book,” Mukhlas Hasyim said as commenting on two speakers, KH Ma’ruf Amin and KH Maghfur Utsman.

Along with Mukhlas point of view, Vice Secretary of Supreme Council of PBNU Malik Madani hoped the involvement of those who are capable of bridging the dispute between them. 

KH Zaki Anwar from PBNU Council for Bahtsul Masa’il (LBM), proposed new council called as “NU National Debate Council” that supported by scholarly competent facilitators, whether from young men or old. (nam)