Hasyim Muzadi Interview

… responsible for the reputation of Indonesia as a place of moderate Islam. Its current leader, Hasyim Muzadi, gives his opinions on the sharia debate.

Voices have been raised of late that the NU has moved to the 'right' and is no longer moderate. An interviewer from Gatra magazine recently asked Hasyim Muzadi for clarification of the issue of NU's position on Islamic sharia law in Indonesia.

Hasyim Muzadi

According to surveys over 70% of people support sharia and the …

East Java Election Update

… efforts to claim the authority of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and leaders. The national head of NU, Hasyim Muzadi, stated that there was only one candidate in the race who is a member of NU, Khofifah, and he expected NU leaders to support her.

Meanwhile the Soekarwo-Saifullah Yusuf put much effort into winning the support of senior NU-affiliated clerics.

A campaign banner for the Soekarwo-Saifullah Yusuf pairing, featuring an array of leading and/or charismatic NU clerics in provincial …

Mega 2009

… and having an appealing running-mate, or at least one more appealing than her 2004 partner, dull Hasyim Muzadi. These are the names which are usually mentioned in this respect:

Akbar Tandjung
Wiranto
Sultan Hamengkubuwono X
Hidayat Nur Wahid
Sutiyoso

Other figures who have been mentioned in the past:

Agung Laksono
Jusuf Kalla
Din Syamsuddin

Megawati's best chance of success is thought to lie in an alliance with Hidayat Nurwahid of the PKS (Partai …

Diana Abbas Thalib

… Yudhoyono and vice-president Jusuf Kalla to be witnesses at the wedding, while Din Syamsuddin and Hasyim Muzadi will officiate. antara

Modern Day Witch Hunt

… reaction aimed at regimenting and intimidating the entire Indonesian population.

NU Chairman Hasyim Muzadi is quoted in the Jakarta Post, 18 April as saying

In Islam, Ahmadiyah is deviant. It is the government's domain to outlaw it or not for stability reasons.

So exactly what is Ahmadiyah guilty of deviating from? Or is it just a case of holding nonconformist beliefs that are contrary to the self-styled orthodoxy of the parasitic caste of Ulema (Islamic priests) who have a …

Fitna by Geert Wilders

… could be a possible date. For anyone interested bookmark www.fitnathemovie.com in your favorites.

Comment by Robert: … Ulama boss Hasyim Muzadi about Fitna - Geert …

Konflik Israel-Palestina

… dari NU pun mengakui adanya kelompok-kelompok Islam garis keras di Indonesia.

Din Syamsudin dan Hasyim Muzadi yang masing-masing merupakan pemimpin Muhammadiyah dan Nadhlatul Ulama, menyampaikan ketidaktahuan mereka akan kepergian anggotanya ke Israel.

Wakil Ketua DPR Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno (Mbah Tardjo) dari PDI-P menyuarakan penolakannya terhadap kunjungan tersebut, karena Israel masih menduduki Palestina. Lagipula, bangsa Israel yang terkenal medhit (pelit) tidak akan memberikan …

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

… groups in Indonesia.

The leaders of Muhammadiah and Nahdlatul Ulama, Din Syamsuddin and Hasyim Muzadi respectively, said they weren't aware of the visit to Israel by their members. waspada

A politician from the PDI-P, Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno (Mbah Tardjo), said he was very opposed to the visit, because Israel still occupied Palestine, and besides, Indonesia would not gain anything from Israel because Israelis were famous for being stingy. suaramerdeka

Colonialism not …

Majelis Ulama

… government itself should not decide which groups were heretical and which were not. detik

Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) said on 3rd November that claiming to be a prophet was not a human right and such people should be punished. gatra

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 5th November voiced his support for firm action against Al Qiyadah Al Islamiyah. The Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) had spoken, he said:

There are thirteen points made by the MUI. The first one is …

Comment by Janma: Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) …

Humorous Sermons

… make too many jokes.

In Salatiga, Central Java on 29th August Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader Hasyim Muzadi complained about the following things:

the NU was spineless, one push and it almost fell. At the grassroots the NU was strong but at the top things were lacking. NU management methods had to be fixed up.
NU members got into too many fights about politics and political parties, they were too interested in getting parliament seats or political appointments.
NU people …

Sharia Application

… the country and well-known figures such as Muhammadiyah leader Din Syamsuddin, NU leader Hasyim Muzadi, Majelis Ulama Indonesia leader Ma'ruf Amin, Siddiq Amin of Persatuan Islam (Persis), and representatives of Dewan Dakwah, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, Dewan Masjid Indonesia, Ikatan Wanita Muslimat Indonesia, and the Badan Komunikasi Pemuda Remaja Masjid Indonesia (BKPRMI), to attend a meeting in Bogor, 24-26th August.

During this meeting it is hoped that ways to apply sharia in …

Transnational Islam

… other Muslim groups, and transnational Islamic movements.

Nahdlatul Ulama leader Hasyim Muzadi said on 22nd July that all sections of his organisation, the largest Muslim body in the country, must be on alert against the continual attacks upon it. Speaking to a gathering of 1400 people in Madiun, East Java, he said:

The interference which NU is suffering these days emanates from other Islamic religious groups and from transnational Islamic political forces. If these …

National Insults

… a great number of insults to its pride and integrity recently.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader Hasyim Muzadi said on June 30th that Indonesia had recently suffered two terrible and embarrassing blows, the dancing resurgence of the South Moluccas Republic movement (Republik Maluku Selatan, (RMS)) in Ambon, and the banning of Indonesian Airlines from European airspace, and had to carry out some serious introspection to see what was wrong with the country. antara

The ban on …

Comment by Buruh Migran: … So, Bapak Hasyim Muzadi, if you do feel that …

Sir Salman Rushdie

… said however it wasn't necessary to call the British ambassador for an explanation. antara

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama, in perhaps one of his more paranoiac moments, said the knighthood was a planned insult to Islam, done "by design", part of a wider plot against the Muslim world.

I can't show you who is behind it, but it appears there is a deliberate conspiracy to make Islam look bad.

Islam had been insulted in many ways recently, whether the Quran, Muhammad, mosques, …

Comment by Arema: … celanamu dulu! Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama, …

Militant Islam

… are increasingly teaching a hardline, militant Islam.

The head of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Muzadi, said in Indramayu, West Java, on 31st May that since the post Suharto "reformasi" era Islamic clerics in Indonesia were increasingly likely to preach a "hard" type of Islam that was influenced by the culture of violence overseas, like in the middle east. Such hardline teachings were not appropriate in Indonesia, he said. (see also Militants.)

Clerics should base their …

Comment by Dimp: … should be more Hasyim Muzadi in Indonesia, and more …

Preachers in Politics

… groups or parties which stirred sectarian passions. republika

Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) leader Hasyim Muzadi said clerics should be free to become involved in politics provided they were competent to do so. If not they should stay in the schools, he said. antara

Meanwhile on May 21st someone possibly opposed to mixing religion and politics made his feelings known outside the Depok offices of the PKS, Justice Party, by throwing a molotov cocktail at it. A car was burned but no-one …

Inter-Parliamentary Union

… a resolution condemning Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. antara

Chairman of the NU, Hasyim Muzadi, hoped that there would not be demonstrations, terrorist attacks, or violence at the conference. republika

The Director of the Institute for Public Studies (IPS), Fadli Zon, said allowing the Israeli MP's to visit would mean that in effect Indonesia recognised the existence of Israel, this being in violation of the basic law of Indonesia, which forbids colonialism. antara …

Shia Islam

… and members of the National Unity Board (Badan Kesatuan Bangsa (Bakesbang)). antara

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama travelled to Bangil on 22nd April to attempt to calm the situation. He met with dozens of senior clerics in the town and attempted to explain the history of various Islamic sects, starting with Khawariji Islam, and moving onto the Shia.

Hasyim asked NU people in Bangil and Pasuruan to be rational, the differences between Sunni and Shia could not be solved …

Comment by Robert: … vs. Shia : Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of Nahdlatul …

Anti Islam Video

… is implicated in the scandal. suaramerdeka

The national head of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Muzadi, also held a meeting with various church leaders to discuss the issue and they issued a joint statement. Hasyim said the security authorities must act against the VCD perpetrators to ensure the peace was kept. mediaindo

In the video it is said that participants at the LPMI prayer meeting, numbering about 30, dressed up as Muslims, women wearing jilbab, men wearing …

UN Resolution 1747

… the Constitution 1945, which is against any form of colonialism.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader Hasyim Muzadi, who has an abiding interest in middle eastern events, warned darkly that if war with Iran occurs then Indonesia will share in the responsibility for blood being shed. antara

Former chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais has joined the protest but has said he does not believe the House is serious in its plans to bring the President to account.

Beheadings Trial

The man on trial over the schoolgirl beheadings of 2005 is said to have carried out the attack as a Lebaran gift for Muslims.

Hasanuddin has been sentenced to 20 years.

November 10th, 2006.

Prosecutors at the Central Jakarta District Court allege that Hasanuddin, alias Hasan, alias Slamet Raharjo, who is Javanese, planned the beheadings of three Christian schoolgirls in 2005 as …

Comment by Aluang anak Bayang: … Indonesian Muslim, Hasyim Muzadi (head of NU) is another …

Sunni vs Shia

Hasyim Muzadi plans to cool the Sunni vs Shia conflict in Iraq.

Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, says he wants to be the mediator in the Sunni versus Shia bloodbath in Iraq. In Jakarta in early April 2007 Hasyim will lead a conference which seeks to find the best solution to the conflict, a conference which will include participants from many Muslim countries in the world. …

Comment by Aluang anak Bayang: … Read here again: Hasyim admits to being bewildered as …

Poso Fighting

… it would fail to put an end to the real problems in conflict-torn Poso. Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Hasyim Muzadi urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take over the matter personally.

But the problem is, our President never takes over a problem. He will just set up a team. He should oversee this matter.

He said the Poso conflict has reached an "emergency" level since it involves armed civilians. Setting up a government team, he said, would not solve the problem.

Muhammadiyah …

Islamic New Year

Islamic New Year is a time for moderation in religion, say Hasyim Muzadi and Din Syamsuddin.

In a joint press conference on the 19th to mark Islamic New Year both Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) leader Hasyim Muzadi and Muhammadiyah head Din Syamsuddin argued for a moderate form of Islam as a way of building national unity.

According to the Jakarta Post they spoke of the importance of promoting "Ukhuwah Islamiyah", or unity among Muslim communities, and …

Repent or Reform

… obey all His commands and keep away from the things which He has made forbidden. republika

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) advises the people to repent their sins and always ask for the help of God, given that all the human means at the country's disposal, the knowledge, money, the bureaucracy and the security forces, had proven lacking in being able to overcome all the problems. Therefore there was no other way but to plead to the Almighty.

Hasyim said that he had found a …

Religion of Peace

Muslim extremists and radicals misunderstand their religion, says a senior cleric.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) says terrorists and radicals who operate under an Islamic banner have just misunderstood the teachings of Islam, particularly in the area of war.

The concept of war and jihad have to be understood within the context of the time of Muhammad, he says. Muhammad never attacked anyone, he claims, he never started any wars but simply fought in self-defence. …

Comment by Fanglong: … I’m glad Mr Hasyim Muzadi is interested in …

Teen Romance

… stories of romance in high schools, says a religious leader.

The leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, Hasyim Muzadi, complains of the prevalence of television soap operas, sinetron, that show teenagers, in school uniform, carrying on romances and puppy love affairs. Schools are places of education, he says, not for finding boyfriends or girlfriends, and television stations are contributing to the "poisoning" of the minds of the young generation.

Young Love, "Bawang Putih & Bawang …

Comment by Rudy Hendra: Maybe Hasyim Muzadi is a kind of …

Abdullah Aa Gym Gymnastiar

Charismatic Muslim preacher Abdullah "Aa Gym" Gymnastiar has taken a second wife.

Abdullah Gymnastiar, commonly referred to as Aa Gym, a hugely popular preacher and holy man, has shocked the nation, particularly its women, by choosing to exercise his right to take more than one wife. Not satisfied with long-term spouse Teteh Nini Gym three months ago married a former model from Bandung, …

Comment by Hendri: … Dien Syamsuddin, Hasyim Muzadi, etc. Last but not …

Arabic Only

… worship services in Indonesian, rather than Arabic, remains invalid, and illegal, says NU boss Hasyim Muzadi.

Likely in reference to the recent release from prison of Yusman Roy in Malang, East Java, who was imprisoned for two years in connection with his use of Indonesian when leading Muslim prayers, Hasyim, the leader of Nahdatul Ulama (NU), urged the authorities to continue taking a tough stand against this type of heresy. Yusman has gone on record to say that he intends to …

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: Hasyim MuzadI said: Conducting …

NU & Suicide Bombing

Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) worries about the suicide bomber trend.

In the wake of this week's suicide bombing attempt by 36-year old Muhammad Nuh at an A&W restaurant in Jakarta the chairman of the NU, Indonesia's largest Muslim social association, is concerned about the phenomenon of suicide bombing and the tendency of young Muslims to idolise terrorists such as Dr. …

Baitul Muslimin

… was held in Jakarta and attended by Muhammadiyah leader Dien Syamsuddin, Nadhatul Ulama leader Hasyim Muzadi, Azyumardi Azra, parliament vice-chairman Zaenal Ma'arif, and various clerics from Banten, West Java, and Jakarta, as well as PDI leader Megawati Soekarnoputeri, who unlike most of the female attendees did not wear Islamic dress. detik )

Baitul Muslimin logo, showing a mosque but no moon or star.

The name "Baitul Muslimin" means a home for Muslim men and the formation …

Meeting George Bush

… in Bali in 2003, he met a number of religious leaders. One of those religious leaders was Hasyim Muzadi of the NU. This time though he has said that he would refuse to meet Bush if invited to do so, because, he says, Bush is too stubborn and, presumably, doesn't listen to Muzadi's wise words of advice. detik

In any case this time, Dino said, Bush would talk with public figures from the education and health areas. Put in your nominations here.

Ramadan Crime

Crime and prostitution are said to increase during the month of Ramadan.

Hasyim Muzadi, chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), says he is concerned that crime rates increase sharply as the celebration of Idul Fitri/Lebaran nears. He says the burdens and obligations of celebrating the holidays leads to more people robbing and stealing, doing things which are in fact against religion.

Hasyim Muzadi said the problem was rooted in poverty, crime had to be tackled by …

Danish Cartoon Crisis II

… were egotistical, tyrannical, and terroristic, he said .

Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) chief KH Hasyim Muzadi said that there was a systematic plot to insult the holiness of Islam. He advised that Muslims not be taken in by Islamophobic attempts to incite their rage and therefore put them in a bad light.

Continued..

Former president Gus Dur typically advises calm. He said the Danes had the right to hold any kind of cartoon drawing festivities they wanted to even one insulting to …

Strange Islam

Hasyim Muzadi warns the Islamic faithful to be on guard against weird religious teachings.

Speaking in Medan on the 20th, the chairman of the PBNU, or Nahdlatul Ulama, said that strange religious teachings could lead to unease and unrest in society. Hasyim Muzadi made note of the case of Yusman Roy in Malang, East Java, a man who was convicted of blasphemy because he led Islamic …

Comment by Bradlymail: … with pak hashim muzadi.

Israel’s Rejection

… Lebanon ). These objections have been summarily dismissed by key figures in Indonesia.

Hasyim Muzadi, chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulema (NU), said :

Lebanon is in urgent need of Indonesian military assistance.

No attention should be paid to Israel's objection to Indonesian participation, he added.

Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said that the sending of Indonesian troops to Lebanon should not wait on the Israeli government's …

Luthfi Assyaukanie

… and the negative attitude towards non-Muslims

This view could perhaps be contrasted with Hasyim Muzadi's concerns about a "sell-out" of the religion, if certain fundamental aspects are reworked, and with the question of whether moderate Islam leads to moderate faith, and thence its effective destruction.

Israel & Lebanon II

… he advised the waging of jihad by more peaceful means such as the giving of aid, or by prayer.

Hasyim Muzadi, of the NU, also advised against any rash actions but he did urge the uniting of the Muslim and Arab worlds against Israel.

All countries, Arab countries and the Muslim community must unite to fight Israel.
(Semua negara - negara Arab serta umat muslim di dunia harus bersatu untuk melawan Israel.)

But, he said that this fight should not extend to the sending of …

NU Conference

… its opposition to the passage of sharia-based bylaws in several areas of the country. NU chairman Hasyim Muzadi said in a recent interview that the country risked disintegration from the campaign of some groups to turn Indonesia into an Islamic state.

Kalla, who officiated at the opening of the congress, also believed there were efforts to create conflict by promoting Islam to replace Pancasila in multiethnic, religiously diverse Indonesia.

One indication of the plot is the drawing …

Islamic Boarding Schools

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) says Islamic boarding schools are not breeding grounds for terrorists.

The accusation that Islamic boarding schools are not breeding grounds for terrorists is without good reason because the western countries don't know about the boarding schools in Indonesia.
(Tuduhan terhadap pondok pesantren banyak melahirkan atau menimbulkan teroris …

Bali Bombings

Azahari Husin's manual for the 2005 Bali bombings and the fates of those convicted of the 2002 attacks in Bali.

Earlier this week an instruction manual, "The Bali Project", found on the computer of Azahari Husin, a Malaysian engineer educated in Australia and Britain who was a master bombmaker and one of Southeast Asia's most dangerous terrorists before he was killed in a shootout last …

Comment by dragonwall: … AH Ritonga, Hasyim Muzadi all the judges and …

Reactions to Anti-Sharia Push

… If local people did not object to the laws then there was no problem, he said.

NU leader Hasyim Muzadi repeated his earlier opposition to Islamic laws. He said the problems of prostitution, alcohol, and gambling were already dealt with in the national criminal code, so there was no need for special regional laws against them.

Communism

… reform era.

The TNI Law clearly describes the military as a mere instrument of the state.

Hasyim Muzadi of the NU always has something to say on current (non) issues and he opined that society must remain on guard against communism. But he said if communists wanted to meet together no action should be taken against them, unless they acted in ways that endangered the nation.

Political expert Deny JA said that communism was not laku in Indonesia, not popular, any longer and …

Bridge to the West

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) says his organisation should act as a bridge linking Islam to the West, but only the European part of the West.

In preparing for the coming International Conference of Islamic Scholar (ICIS) on 20-22 June Muzadi said :

As an umbrella organisation for clerics the NU wants to be a bridge for Islam to the West by holding the ICIS.
(Sebagai …

Islamic State Fears

… Sahertian and Buddhist and Confucian leaders attended the rally, which was opened by NU chairman Hasyim Muzadi.

Radical Groups

… in god, social justice, equality, and unity.

He went on to say that the PMII, like NU boss Hasyim Muzadi, regarded the status of Pancasila as the national ideology as settled, final.

The rejection of Pancasila is the rejection of the existence of the Indonesian unitary state, a state which upholds diversity. The PMII will keep firm to Pancasila as the basis of the state.
(Penolakan terhadap Pancasila merupakan penolakan terhadap eksistensi Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia yang …

Local & Regional Laws

… Hari Lahir Dasar Negara Indonesia" at a university in Depok, West Java, and added, much as Hasyim Muzadi has mentioned, that any such regional laws as exist that are found to contravene national law should be annulled.

Meanwhile Hukum Online states that of the 5054 "perda" (peraturan daerah) or regional laws that have been passed from 1999 until March 2006, precisely 930 have been thought to be problematic by the Internal Affairs Department (Depdagri) and of these 506 have been …

Debate on Morality Bill

A review of recent news on the pornography and morality bill as thousands of Muslims rallied in Jakarta in support of it yesterday.

The demonstration in favour of the "Rancangan Undang-undang Antipornografi dan Pornoaksi (RUU APP)" was organised and attended by members of the following Islamic groups:

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), Muhammadiyah , Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Persatuan Islam …

Evangelical Christianity in Surabaya

… a stop to it long ago, however in East Java, the home of the moderate Nahdlatul Ulama, led by Hasyim Muzadi, matters of religion are often on a more relaxed footing.

Read the full article.

Religious Freedom Report

… opens the permit process to corruption. Muslim leaders are divided about the new decree's impact. Hasyim Muzadi, head of the Nahdatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, declared that the new decree was more restrictive than the previous one. However, the Chairman of the National Assembly, Hidayat Nur Wahid, pointed out that "restrictive regulation"¦is needed to avoid sectarian conflicts among religious communities." The Commission will continue to monitor the …

Ratna Ani Lestari

… number of parties for support, including the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, NU chairman Hasyim Muzadi, and the chairman of the East Java chapter of NU, Ali Maschan Moesa.

Several parties who felt the call for dismissal was caused mainly by a lack of political communication advised Ratna to apologize. One of the ulemas who was present at the gathering where Ratna apologized was chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council Dailami Ahmad.

Does the apology end the rift? Apparently …

Church Building Difficulties

The leader of the Nadhlatul Ulama, a traditionalist village Islamic social organisation, Hasyim Muzadi, says Christians will find it even harder to gain permission for church building in the wake of the newly revised law on houses of worship.

Hasyim Muzadi, known to be a rather conservative Muslim figure, says that the new regulations are even more restrictive than the old with the reason being that the drafters of the law tried to accommodate too many competing interests …

Porn Battle Rages On

… enforce the law remained in existence she said.

Meanwhile the chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Hasyim Muzadi, has called for the bill to be passed, although he admitted compromises over the exact nature of the articles might have to be made.

On the opposite front Hasto Atmodjo of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says the proposed legislation should be relegated to the trash bin. He told the House of Representatives on Friday he feared the bill's vague articles …

2004 Election Results

… 33.6%

2.
Megawati Soekarnoputri (PDI-P) - Hasyim Muzadi

31,567,104

26.6 %

3.
General Wiranto (Golkar) - Solahuddin Wahid

26,286,788

22.2 %

4.
Amien Rais (PAN) - Siswono Yudho Husodo

17,392,931

14.6 %

5.
Hamzah Haz (PPP) - Agum …

Ahmadiyah Lombok

… We will search the perpetrators, detain them and bring them to trial.

Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Hasyim Muzadi said:

Islam never teaches or instructs someone to perform violent acts against other people who have a different opinion, even if the person is a kafir (infidel).

Yes, Ahmadiyah deviates (from Islamic teaching), but solving the matter by using violence is not right. If the National Police could not (act against such attacks) or lack personnel, they can ask our help. …

Indonesian Playboy

… groups like Majelis Mujahidin that are opposed to the publishing of Playboy in Indonesia. Hasyim Muzadi, running-mate of Megawati in the last election and a leader of the moderate Nahdatul Ulama has plowed in with:
It will cause a lot of problems, it’s better it doesn’t happen.

A senior member of the House of Representatives, also, said that the magazine must be in accordance with the nation’s culture and the traditions of the east. He said the only form of nudity …

Political Ads, PKS

… Sukarno
Muhammad Natsir, founder of Masyumi
Ahmad Dahlan, founder of Muhammadiyah
KH Hasyim Asyhari, founder of Nahdlatul Ulama

The ads:

Sukarno ad.

KH Ahmad Dahlan ad.

KH Hasyim Asyari ad

M Natsir ad.

The use of such figures in the ads has caused a mini-storm of controversy, with in particular members of the Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama complaining that the PKS have hijacked their revered founders for …

Comment by Sylvester: … are Wahabi, but Hasyim Asyhari was Sunni No wonder …

Wahidin Halim, Tangerang

… to hear, but they remain statements, not deeds, and deeds are what count when democracy is under threat.

Comment by Purba Negoro: … Hadikusumo. Wachid Hasyim, Agus Salim and Abikusno) …

Islam vs Liberal Democracy

Perseus on Francis Fukuyama and whether Islamism will derail Indonesia's new democracy.

In a recent article, writing in reaction to Russia's recent "clobbering" of Georgia, the noted American political theorist Francis Fukuyama, best known for his work The End of History , tells us smh that

US dominance is slipping.

and the

Russian and Chinese model of authoritarianism …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … Hadikusumo. Wachid Hasyim, Agus Salim and Abikusno …

Munir & Muchdi PR

Ross on BIN chief Muchdi's questioning by police over the murder of activist Munir.

The former deputy head of the country's spy service, BIN, has been taken into custody, apparently voluntarily, in connection with the murder of the rights activist Munir. He is presumably meant to be the brains behind Pollycarpus, the rather dim-looking Garuda pilot who is already behind bars for the …

Comment by Wilson: … connecting Wahid Hasyim and Kebon Sirih and your …

Singkawang Brides

What Singkawang in Kalimantan is famous for, friendly people and wife selling.

Extreme Friendliness

The fair town of Singkawang in western Borneo, 140 odd km's from Pontianak, is mainly known for two things. The first, as a classic Wikipedia article wiki discusses below, is the bloody 1999 pogrom by long-standing residents against recent Madurese immigrants:

.... the people …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … Hadikusumo. Hasyim, Salim and Abikusno who created …

Jalan Jaksa Under Threat

… to develop the famous little street, including a huge hypermarket on its corner with Jalan Wahid Hasyim.

I should state at this point that the talk occurred during my once-a-week afternoon visit, when - contrary to wishful thinking among hostiles - I have three or four beers and head for home before nightfall. So it was a clear-headed chat, not one of those rambling discourses that ensue as the night rolls towards chucking-out time.

Jalan Jaksa.

Has anyone else heard of this …

Comment by bulegila: … and jalan wahid hasyim. jalan jaksa will be widened (on …

Learning Islam

Indonesian Muslims still have some way to go in learning Islam.

The minister of religion, Maftuh Basyuni said on 4th August that Islam did not teach violence or radicalism, and radicalism could not be allowed to flourish Indonesia because most people were opposed to it and it had no basis in the Quran. He advised people to not only read the Quran a lot but to learn it and understand …

Comment by Lairedion: … ideals” - Hasyim Asy’ari had some good ideas …

Indonesian Airlines

… Volare Aviation from Ukraine were also added to the blacklist. bbc

A manager from Lion Air, Hasyim Arsal Alhabsy, complained that the ban made no sense as Indonesian airlines had worked very hard to improve safety standards recently. He said the government had to question the Europeans' motives in victimising Indonesian airlines.

President Director of Adam Air, Adam Aditya Suherman, said the ban wasn't too serious, in the end the market and consumers would see that Indonesia was …

Comment by Colson: … motives Mr Hasyim Arsal Alhabsy wants to know are …

National Ideology

… debate these issues is closed.

Ten years before Indonesian independence in 1949 an NU leader, Hasyim Asy'ari, had said that a free Indonesia had to become "Darussalam", a peaceful country, and one that accomodated all the cultures, traditions, and religions that existed here, Siradj said. At that time in history, Siradj went on, some Muslims said there were only two choices for Indonesia - become an Islamic country or an Infidel country - but Hasyim Asy'ari added a third option, …

Citizens’ Arrest

… on the 11th, residents raided a house and found another couple up to no good. The village head, Hasyim Ahmad, says people had noticed a man, who as it turns out is a policeman, going into the house often. The house was occupied by a mother of one child, and the man waited until the woman's husband and child were no longer at home before visiting.

The head of the Sharia office of the Banda Aceh government, Natsir Ilyas, says he supports the people's efforts to rid the province of sin but …

Animism

… by Tempo as being fiercely opposed to the plan however. tempo Two senior clerics, Abdul Muchid Muzadi and Washil Syarbini, claim that the recognition of animism will cause conflict and division in society and that it is better that animism be simply regarded as a part of traditional culture but not as a religion. Washil says:

On what basis is animism going to be considered a religion? If it's just for the purposes of national identity cards then don't do it, religious life could …