Majelis Mujahidin Unhappy

The Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, MMI, have issued a "summons" to the police, claiming there is a witch-hunt against the Muslim community.

The Mujahidin Council, long fond of the summons tactic, (see their summons of the leaders of Bali ), filed their complaint to the police special anti-terrorist unit, Detachment 88 (Densus 88) specifically over the raid on a terrorist hideout in central …

Mujahidin Council Unwelcome

Some villagers in Sukabumi, West Java force a Mujahidin Council training camp to disperse.

Hundreds of members of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), a pseudo jihadist organisation, had gathered in the village of Sukakersa, Parakan Salak district, Sukabumi regency, West Java, to conduct para-military training. The presence of the MMI men, dressed in black, aroused the displeasure of local villagers, representatives of whom met with …

Majelis Ulama

… help in the job of encouraging them to repent. antara

Ikhwan Syam

On 3rd November Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) General Secretary, Ikhwan/Ichwan Syam/Sam, said that it appeared that intelligence services, either foreign or Indonesian, had constructed a "factory" to create and spread heretical forms of Islam, like Al Qiyadah Al Islamiyah, in order to destroy Indonesia, and done in cooperation with former members of the Islamic State Movement, Negara Islam Indonesia (NII). …

Mujahidin Militant Sentenced

Zainudin Nasir, an Islamic militant, was sentenced to twenty years jail for involvement in attacks on Christians in Ambon.

Associated Press reports that Nasir, who was too ill to be present for the sentencing hearing, was punished for his role in a series of attacks against Christians between May 2004 and April 2005 that killed eight civilians and five policemen. He also was convicted …

PKS Social Services

Some of the ways the PKS attempt to win the hearts and minds of ordinary people and voters.

Some of the recent pseudo campaign/electioneering tactics that the Justice Party (PKS, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), has carried out, many of which their rivals don't seem to attempt, or be even capable of.

For Women

In early July 2008 at Pasar Induk, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, the PKS …

Comment by Sylvester: … as Hizbut Tahrir, Majelis Mujahidin, etc. Is it becoming …

Soft Islamization

The experts say soft Islam is sweeping the country, not hard Islam.

In a similar vein to Time's " Vespa Girls " story of 2007 the Economist says Indonesia is a place where "Where 'soft Islam' is on the march" economist The story begins:

Is Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country, undergoing creeping Islamisation?

Some examples of Islamic extremism, such as …

Comment by agam: … Islamis (Hizbut Tahrir, Majelis Mujahidin)

Stoning

… 35% in 2005, 40% in 2006, 41% in 2007.

FPI, Front Pembela Islam - 37%, 38%, 41%.

MMI, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia - 34%, 37%, 34%.

HTI, Hizb ut Tahrir - 12%, 14%, 15%.

Do you support these groups?

Jamaah Islamiyah - 11% in 2005, 11% in 2006, 8% in 2007.

FPI - 15%, 20%, 13%.

MMI - 10%, 15%, 8%.

HTI - 3%, 6%, 4%.

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of these groups?

FPI - 1% in 2006, 0.7% in 2007.

Ngruki …

Wahidiyah

… Tasikmalaya.

Ajengan Asep is the leader of the West Java branch of the Mujahadin Council, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), who Wahid accuses of being behind the midnight attack on 12th September.

Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur).

Wahid also asked the police to arrest two of the leaders of the Tasikmalaya branch of the Clerics' Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), Saefudin Juhri and Dudung Akasah. The Tasikmalaya MUI recently condemned the Tasikmalaya Wahidiyah group as …

Prostitution Emergency

… (BMW)) association, which is an umbrella organisation for a number of Islamic groups including Majelis Mujahidin, Pemuda Muhammadiyah, and Tim Pengacara Muslim, and is led by Asep Syarifudin of the Front Pembela Islam (see Headscarf Ban ), has called on the Bandung city government in West Java to declare a Prostitution Emergency over the rampant practice of prostitution there.

Recently the city authorities closed down the old red light district of Saritem however the BMW people are …

Hardline Islam

… much an isolated and discredited individual. Not even the other Indonesian radical groups like the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia or Front Pembela Islam would care to talk to him.

Now alone at his madrasah, Ja'far says:

I have returned to my original struggle, my original Jihad, which is education.

Farish concludes that the sad tale of Jafar proves that:

religious militancy in Indonesia remains an abberation, and not the norm.

On the campuses of the country Farish says that …

Terrrorist Kidnapping

… ready if the police need help in catching those who carried out these "kidnappings".

Meanwhile Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) leader Fauzan Al-Anshori made similar comments about the arrests, particularly that of Yusron Ahmamud alias Mahfud in Banyumas, saying they were not done according to proper procedure. He said the arrests were carried out so the government could divert attention from the real problems of the country.

Further he also said he was unhappy that since the first …

Walisongo Massacre

… the Poso Walisongo Tragedy". Other figures in attendance were Abu Bakar Ba'asyir of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Habib Rizieq of the Front Pembela Islam (FPI), Ismail Yusanto of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), and Kholil Ridwan of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI).

Apart from the rebuilding of the school Al Khathath asked that refugees from the conflict be given the opportunity to return to their areas of origin, that the government apologise to the families of the …

Sunni vs Shia

… Ideological Islam in the Middle East is represented by such groups as Ikhwanul Muslimin, Majelis Mujahidin, Al-Qaeda, and so forth, but ideological Islam is not [real] Islam, because Islam is a religion that is not inclined towards any particular movement, especially in politics.

A few days later Hasyim returned to the topic of Iraq, saying in Jakarta on May 1st that America would only leave Iraq once it had gotten back the money it had outlaid in the invasion and occupation. …

Prison Primitive

Putting criminals in prison is primitive, says ABB.

The head of the Mujahidin Council (Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI)) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, said in Pontianak on the 4th that imprisoning criminals, contrary to popular belief, is not a modern (progressive) practice but a primitive one.

Prison sentences were too long, and it cost the government a lot of money to keep people in jail, and it caused the inmate's family to be neglected and to suffer, Bashir said. A …

Combating Terrorism

… unless they crossed a line. He said his department received reports of the activities of former mujahidin every day, and that such reports were full of stories of para-military training and recruitment drives. A civilian who undertook para-military training committed no crime, he said, and urged the parliament to consider revising the law.

One weakness in Indonesia's combating of terrorism was the poor system of personal identification in the country. Getting a new identity card cost …

Densus 88

… because of its increasing success in capturing terrorists and militants.

The head of the Mujahidin Council, (Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI)), Abu Bakar Ba'asyir claims that the squad was given the title "88" because that was the number of people (Antara) Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, and further, that the name should be changed to Densus 5000, because, he says, 3000 Muslims have been killed in Bali (Antara) Ambon and 2000 in Poso, Central Sulawesi. …

Comment by Syonan: … Further more, the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Nahdlatul …

US Interference in Poso

The recent violence in Poso is caused by America, says Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

The head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) said at the Darussalam mosque in Lamong, Pare, Kediri, East Java, on the 14th that as long as America continued to pursue its nefarious agenda of creating sectarian strife in Central Sulawesi there would not be peace.

He said that the troubles in Poso between Christians and Muslims were provoked by America in order to ensure that Indonesia remained weak and …

Christmas Rules

The rules for Christmas celebrations, by Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

The head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) says Muslims must not disturb the celebration of Christmas but they also must not participate nor should they wish their Christian neighbours "Merry Christmas" or similar greeting. Speaking on the 16th of December at a discussion in Jakarta entitled "Syariat Islam di Lembaga Negara" the man of Yemeni descent said detik :

It's clear that the Muslim …

Southern Philippines Jihad

… urges those bent on jihad to go to Indonesia's neighbour, the Philippines.

The head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) said on the 5th at a mosque in Kediri, East Java:

If you want to wage jihad don't do it here, but in the southern Philippines or Iraq.

He said this in speaking of the Bali bombers, Amrozi, Ali Ghufron, and Imam Samudra, saying that they were correct to wage jihad but that they did it in the wrong place and at the wrong time. Although Amrozi had been …

Comment by Fanglong: … ? Were Viet Cong mujahidin ? This is, old Baasyir, mere …

Christian Police Chief

… chief in the city, replacing Rochiyanto.

The clerics, who came from such organisations as the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), Forum Ukhuwah Islamiyah (FUI), Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Front Pembela Islam (FPI), Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah (DDI), and included such figures as the chairman of the Cirebon MUI, Syarif Muhammad Yahya bin Syech, the chairman of the FUI, Professor Dr. Salim Bajri, and the principal of the Nurrusidik Islamic boarding school, …

Muslim Political Attitudes

… Do you know of and support the following organisations?

Jamaah Islamiyah - 17.4%
Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia - 16.1%
Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia - 7.2%

The bombings done by Imam Samudra and co. in Bali are a form of jihad to defend Islam.

Don't Know - 10.3%
Disagree - 80.7%
Agree - 9%

Do you feel close to....?

Parties with Islamic platforms (like PPP, PKS) - 5%
Parties based in Islamic organisations (like PAN, PKB) - 5% …

MMI Policeman Discharged

A policeman connected to the Mujahidin Council was dishonourably discharged.

Brigadier Suprianto, who lives in Sawit, Boyolali, was fired from the Surakarta (Solo) police force on 29th September after it was found that he was acting as a military instructor for the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI). He had been arrested on the 4th of September 2006.

However Central Java police chief Dody Sumantyawan said that the …

PSK Punishments

The Surakarta/Solo branch of the Mujahidin Council wants tougher penalties for PSK, or prostititues.

A group of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) members, accompanied by their lawyer M Kurniawan, visited the state courthouse in Solo on the 27th to ask judges to impose harsher penalties on prostitutes and presumably their customers.

MMI spokesman Adi Basuki said to a representative of the court, Bambang Kusmunandar, …

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: … a great shame that Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia cannot put …

Terror Against Muslims

The Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia views the Atambua protests in a dim light.

The protests over the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu, which have seen the destruction of some state property by Christian mobs, are viewed by Fauzan Al-Anshari of the MMI as a form of terrorism.

Acts like that are only done by terrorists.
(Tindakan seperti itu hanya bisa …

Comment by Boyke: … given the right to Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia to speak or …

Helping Hizbullah

Abu Bakar Bashir of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) wants Hizbullah to receive help from Indonesia.

Abu Bakar Bashir, the leader of the Mujahidin Council, says 500 MMI still plan to go to Lebanon, because:

Israel will no doubt break the ceasefire resolution. That is the Jewish way.
(Israel pasti melanggar resolusi gencatan senjata. Itu sifat Yahudi.)

However Bashir said that the men would only be …

Pluralism on the Wane

… in all 33 provinces for such groups as the Front Pembela Islam ( Islam Defenders Front ) and the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (Indonesia Mujahidin Council), which are often perceived as radical, than for the more moderate Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam Network).

The greatest enmity, according to the study, is focused on those formerly imprisoned as communists. This is a disturbing reminder that the mystery of the 1965 putsch, blamed on the communists, has yet to be unravelled. …

Lebanese Jihad

… West Sumatra had been recorded as having signed up for jihad duties under the banner of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia ( MMI ) and assisted by the Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws, Komite Penegak Syariat Islam (KPSI). Registration had opened on 31st July. By 8th August their number had grown to 57. To qualify as jihadists the men had to be of sound mind and body, have identification cards, and really wish to wage war for Islam, said Irfianda Abidin of the KPSI. Those …

Israel & Lebanon II

… diam saja. HAM dilanggarnya, dan AS tutup mata.)

On the 31st the West Sumatra branch of the Majelis Mujahidin (MMI) opened registration for volunteers to go to the war zone. The volunteers would be given training before being sent to the Middle Eastern countries, an MMI spokesman said, and added that the police and military would be asked to provide such training.

Also in West Sumatra the local Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) branch said it was ready to send volunteers to …

Israel & Lebanon

… Israel and Its Allies", by various radical Islamic groups among whom can be counted the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) whose leader, Fauzan Al Anshori said that the event was intended to unite all Indonesian Muslims in their support of Palestinian Muslims by sending funds, food, medicine and even weapons and mujahidin, to fight against Israeli armies. The government was requested to assist in the departure of Indonesian mujahidin for the Middle East to help the Palestinians in their …

Agent Provocateur

The Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), the Mujahidin Council, says it has caught an agent in the pay of foreigners attempting to subvert political Islam in Indonesia.

Chairman of the MMI, Irfan S. Awas, said to reporters that the man pretended to be a recent convert to Islam and that the purpose of his mission was to examine any links between the MMI and Al Qaeda and also to damage the image …

Banning of the FPI

… and demanded that the authorities disband the Front Pembela Islam (FPI), as well as the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) and the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI).

Maman Imanullah spoke at the demonstration thus:

Islam is peaceful. It's not like the way they (FPI, MMI, HTI) show it as these days.
(Wajah Islam adalah wajah yang damai. Bukan wajah yang mereka perlihatkan sekarang ini.)

In likely response to these sorts of demonstrations today a chief of police in Jakarta, …

FPI, Garda Bangsa, & Gus Dur

… by fundamentalist Islamic groups.

Members of several other militant groups, such as the Majelis Mujahidin and the Hizbut Tahrir, also were reportedly involved in the Purwakarta incident. Gus Dur, a controversial leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama, is a steadfast advocate of pluralism and has condemned efforts by hardliners to establish a theocratic state. He aroused the particular hostility of militant Muslims, when, in connection with the debate on …

NU Mosques Subverted

… Ahmad Baso, says NU is being weakened by inroads into its base made by such hardline groups as Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Front Pembela Islam (FPI), and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI). Mosques and mushollas "owned" by the NU were being taken over by these groups, he said. He blamed the problem on the movement of NU young people away from regular attendance at mosques. He could not give a percentage of the number of mosques subverted but said the central board of NU was currently …

Inter Religious Harmony

… Wahid (Gus Dur), was targeted by militant Islamic groups such as Front Pembela Islam (FPI), Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Forum Umat Islam (FUI) and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI).

The dialogue was arranged by the youth wing of the Nahdlatul Ulama, GP Ansor, and was attended by Catholic, Protestant, Confucian, Hindu, and Muslim representatives.

A number of demonstrators managed to enter the building and began making nuisances of themselves.

They were led by the chairman of …

Terror Updates & Latest News

… had never offered the terrorists support, said Sutanto, perhaps in response to claims by the Majelis Mujahidin yesterday.

In another report Sutanto is believed to have implied that the "central Java problem" was largely over, that the terrorists would seek new hideouts. This may tie in with other recent reports stating that southern Sumatra is now suspected of being the lying-low place for Noordin M. Top and friends.

________________

February 26th 2007.

Mustagfirin was …

Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws

… only operates in South Sulawesi. Elsewhere, such as in West Java, other groups such as the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), push for Islamic laws. Such efforts have met with some success in west Java with the following cities and regencies having implemented some sharia: Indramayu, Tasikmalaya, Garut, Tangerang, Cianjur, and Depok.

However in East Java, for example, the movement has met with virtually no success and militant groups such as the MMI and FPI (Islam Defenders Front) …

Jabir, alias Gempur Budi Prakoso

… to his chest.

Jabir, alias Gempur Budi Prakoso, who it appears enjoys the support of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, was shot dead on Saturday in a raid on a house in Wosonobo, central Java, and apparently learned his bombmaking skills from Azahari bin Husin. Azahari was killed during a police raid last year in Malang, East Java.

Jabir was close to Dr. Azahari and Noordin M. Top.

said Brigadier General Anton Bachrul Alam of the police. Jabir had also assembled the two …

MMI Show Support For Terrorist

About fifty members of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) visited the home of slain terrorist Gempur Budi Angkoro alias Jabir, killed by police in a raid on Saturday, to give their moral support to his family.

They arrived at the man's home in Madiun, Java, unannounced and unexpected, according to Jabir's uncle, Slamet Zein:

I didn't ask them where they were from so I don't know for sure if they were …

The New Crusade

The leader of the Majelis Mujahidin in Indonesia (Indonesian Mujahidin Council), Fauzan Al-anshori, not long ago wrote an article published on his organisation's website entitled "The New Crusade", or "The New Crusader War", in which he outlined his understanding, such as it is, of the history of Western aggression against Islam and it's supposed current manifestation under the leadership of George …

Support for Sharia & Islamic Radicalism

… 21%, 3.2%
Lia Eden : 23%, 0.7%
Front Pembela Islam (FPI): 37%, 17%
Ahmadiyah : 42%, 3.9%
Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI): 65%, 11%
Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI): 72%, 59%
Muhammadiyah : 83%, 54%
Nahdatul Ulama (NU): 86%, 72%.

For some more information on some of these groups see
http://www.indonesiamatters.com/94/youth-political-religious-affiliation/.

The next part asks:

Are suicide bombings carried out against the enemies of Islam justified?

Always …

“Summons” of Bali Leaders

We briefly mentioned in Porn Wars the attitude of the Indonesian Mujahadin Council, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), towards those in Bali who objected to some of the provisions in the anti-pornography and indecency law. Looking at what the MMI had to say in detail opens ones eyes to certain Muslim attitudes to Bali and the Balinese.

First, on 8/3/2006, the leader of the MMI had made the scornful remark that Bali, if it insisted on rejecting the bill, should become a …

Porn Wars

Tons of porn news today, get yer porn here.

Cholil Ridwan, the head of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says that traditional forms of dress, those which leave too much female flesh on display and would therefore contravene the provisions against pornoaksi, or public indecency, should be consigned to museums. The good man clearly plumps for Arab rather than Indonesian, in terms of the future character of the nation.

Some women, like in Lombok, have complained …

Torture Claims

… Abu Sayyaf, or Sayaf, here. He is a member of the Solo, official name Surakarta, branch of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), the Mujahidin Council of Indonesia and was arrested in connection with the second Bali bomb attacks of October 2005. Today the Mujahidin Council delivered a protest to General Sutanto of the national police claiming that Sayaf has been tortured while in custody.

We are delivering this protest to General Sutanto because he is the highest police official in …

Indonesian Playboy

… angrily.
The magazine will damage the morality of the nation.

said a spokesman of the “Majelis Mujahidin”, which translates as Holy Warriors’ Council, a group led by Abu Bakar Ba`asyir, who is currently in prison on terrorism charges.

The Indonesian businessman, Avianto Nugroho, who claims to have the rights to publish Playboy in Indonesia, said that it would be a toned down version of the original with no full nudity. There already exist a number of these magazines, …

Comment by Fajri: I agree with majelis mujahidin indonesia.This magz …

Offensive Cartoons on Websites

… of various political and religious authorities in Indonesia, such as the Clerics' Council/Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) and the Justice Party/Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS).

Ikhwan Syam of MUI asked the Department of Communications to take action against the site okezone , while President of PKS Tifatul Sembiring said the PKS may stage public demonstrations okezone [both speaking before the site shut down].

Currently the home page of this site contains a message …

Wahabi & Wahhabism

… having any misunderstandings about Islam, a minimum of 60% of the Party's governing council (Majelis Syuro) had to have some formal education in Islam.

Tifatul Sembiring.

He added that the PKS had no intention of attempting to eliminate the wide variety of religious traditions in Indonesia, presumably whether within Islam itself, or other religions. inilah

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Amrozi Executed by Firing Squad

Amrozi, Muklas, and Imam Samudra are executed by firing squad.

Ali Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron aka Muklas/Mukhlas, and Abdul Aziz aka Imam Samudra aka Qudama were executed at Nusakambangan island prison, Cilacap, Central Java, some time after midnight on Sunday 9th November, for their roles in the 2002 Bali …

Comment by djoko: … that Muhajirin was mujahidin. Thank you though, because at …

Single Mothers in Yogya

… the whole Western Capitalist deal in one gulp; does it? Drink, drugs, promiscuity; are these all necessarily part of modernity?

Comment by Purba Negoro: … incite violence. Majelis Ulama and the Catholic Church …

Pujiono Cahyo & Underage Lust

… you like but you can't have relations with her until she starts menstruating.

Clerics' Council/Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Umar Shihab condemned the marriage to Ulfa:

Men should marry adults, there are a lot of other prospective brides around. Why has he married a 12 year old? The poor girl.

His actions have been mostly condemned in other quarters, with some saying that he has broken the Marriage Law, and is liable to criminal prosecution. lampungpost detik …

Comment by Alf Janszoon: … former? Has the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) become …

Muslim Dating & Courting Rituals

… Maybe we'll get to know each other better when we're married.

Taaruf, online version.

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Amidhan suggests the way that Hidayat and Diana became known to each other and thereafter married is a good example of the Islamic way of courting and marriage. In Islam, he says, there is no such thing as dating or going steady, and by following the taaruf method couples keep away from sin. detik

Comment by Yalun: … in Islam? Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader …

Effeminate Men

… male roles.

In reviewing the fare on television this Ramadan the Muslim clerical body Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), in cooperation with the Department of Communications (Badan Informasi Pubik Depkominfo) and the Broadcasting Commission (Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia, KPI), managed to find 805 inappropriate scenes on television, featuring:

violence
mysticism
indecency

The checking of television content was done between 1-8 September 2008 at the key times of …

Dedi Mulyadi

… or metaphorically, not literally.

In response the Purwakarta branch of the Clerics' Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), sprang into action, holding an urgent meeting at which many leading religious figures attended. MUI Purwakarta boss Abdullah AR Joban, later accused Dedi of blasphemy against Islam.

This a serious matter. If it's allowed to stand we're worried the Muslim community will become upset/confused. If the Regent doesn't apologise we will report him to the police. …

Ryan of Jombang

… just been arrested, there has been much speculation over what punishment is suitable for him.

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Mar'uf Amin weighed in to the debate saying that even though Ryan seemed to suffer from some sort of mental disturbance he should be sentenced to death. inilah

An official psychiatric examination of Ryan however found that he did not suffer from any mental "disease", but suffered from a sexual disturbance (homosexuality) and had an ultra-sensitive …

Comment by Pena Budaya: … Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader …

Insiden Monas, FPI & AKKBB

Video tindak kekerasan Front Pembela Islam saat parade kebebasan beragama di Jakarta, dan tanggapan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Video pemberitaan serangan Front Pembela Islam (FPI) terhadap Aliansi Kebangsaan Kebebasan Beragama dan Berkeyakinan (AKKBB) yang berkumpul di Silang Monas, Jakarta menandai peringatan hari Kesaktian Pancasila tanggal 1 Juni. Sekitar 200 orang anggota FPI …

Comment by stupid guy: … The head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) said …

ML, Mau Lagi

… scheduled for release on 15th May but now appears to have been delayed.

Protests

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Amidhan said in Jakarta on 13th May that "ML" should be banned from cinema screens, because it had pornographic overtones and was insulting to women. The MUI had already sent its request to the Department of Culture and the Lembaga Sensor Film (LSF).

Amidhan says he hasn't seen the film yet, but he has read a book with the same title, and it's bad. antara …

Conspiracy Theories

… intervene militarily. beritasore

British Conspiracies

In West Sumatra the head of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI, Buya Masoed Abidin, recently said the Ahmadiyah sect had been created by Britain as a means of dividing Muslims and ensuring the success of their colonisation of the Indian sub-continent in the 19th century.

Buya Masoed Abidin, who incidentally is an internet geek, see http://hmasoed.wordpress.com/ and http://masoedabidin.blogspot.com/

Therefore …

Amrozi Execution

… for Law.

Method

Mahendradatta of the TPM had requested clarification from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) on whether death by firing squad was a legitimate method of capital punishment within Islam. detik

After a person has been shot they don't die for 5 minutes, so it's torture, but if firing squads are deemed within the bounds of Islamic law [by the MUI], well then that's it.

Impatient

Another TPM lawyer, Achmad Midhan, says he can't understand what …

Comment by Andrew: … from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) on …

Julia Perez & Kamasutra

… (100 Ways to Make Love) but she was forced to drop the idea.

Goyang Fatwa

Meanwhile the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) in South Sumatra, Sumatera Selatan (Sumsel), have issued a fatwa, essentially directed against eight Jakarta based performers who are known to jiggle and gyrate themselves around too much on stage, they being: detik

Dewi Persik
Annisa Bahar
Inul Daratista
Julia Perez
Uut Permatasari
Trio Macan
Ira Swara
Nita Thalia

These singers …

Impatient People

Impatient people in West Java province who can't wait for the banning of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Today the government's joint edict on whether to ban Ahmadiyah is expected, while some in the last few days have been rather impatient for it.

West Java

Police general Abu Bakar said on 21st April that West Java (see West Java's Tolerance Problem and Persecuted Churches for more on …

Comment by Patung: … activity - by the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, the Forum …

Ahmadiyah (Nearly) Banned

… Supandji said the decree would not outlaw the group. tempo

Trials

Maruf Amin of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) recommends the Ahmadiyah leadership be put on trial. Their three month period of grace was over and now they could be charged with deliberately and systematically blaspheming against Islam.

He asked people not to use violence against Ahmadiyah followers and any Ahmadiyah members who agreed to repent should be allowed to claim their property. inilah

Show of …

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih

… seeking advice on how to handle the Islamic aspects of the film.

On 1st April they met with Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Umar Shihab, who advised producer Heru Hendriyanto and director Chaerul Umam to avoid SARA issues, things that might upset minorities in Indonesia or cause division.

Another MUI official present, Anwar Abbas, said the example of Ayat Ayat Cinta should be followed. When the character of Maria ( Carissa Putri ) converts from Christianity to Islam the …

Battle of the Islam Movies

… Islam, Dutch politician Geert Wilders' Fitna , has provoked a rather different reaction.

A Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader, Kholil Ridwan, says the government should try to block access to the film on the internet.

He also advised Indonesians to boycott Dutch products.

MS Kaban of the Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB) said Wilders should study Islam and learn the correct form. antara

Abdillah Toha of the Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) said he had already contacted the …

Easter Militancy & Mayhem

… to complain to the local government and not take things into their own hands. tempo

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Umar Shihab said the MUI had never instructed that the services of other religions should be broken up and his organisation did not tolerate violence or intimidation. tempo

"Bloody Easter" in Atambua

In Atambua, the capital of Belu regency in East Nusa Tenggara, near the border with East Timor, a gang of "drunken youths" were making a nuisance of …

Comment by tomaculum: … old song…. “ Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader …

Religious Cults & Religious Freedoms

… Laws
On March 7th at the Islamic Book Fair in Jakarta Kholil Ridwan of the Clerics' Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI), while discussing a newly released book called "Nabi-Nabi Palsu" (False Prophets), said the government needed to make a law against deviant Islamic sects.
There should be a special law for this, so that sects can't develop.
He said the Department of Religion should take the lead in preparing such a law, and once it was promulgated if there were any reports …

Nyepi in Bali

… prayer, and the roughly 5% of the population who are Muslims are being instructed by the MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia) to only visit a mosque that is nearby their homes, and go there on foot, and not to use the mosque's loudspeaker for the call to prayer.

Muslims have to respect Hindus observing Nyepi.

Says MUI Bali chief Hasan Ali. beritabali

Comment by Enigmatic: … by the MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia) to only visit …

Female Genital Mutilation

… MUI

Prof Dr Chuzaimah T Yanggo, the head of the Youth and Women's section of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), said of the United Nations:

What do they think they're doing, it's not their business. Religion cannot be interfered with by men.

He She said the Health Department had already agreed with the MUI that there was a right way, and several wrong ways, to carry out "khitan". The right way was to "open" the "upper part", the clitoris, a little, by making a …

New Order Relics

… that the government should not give any special credence or weight to fatwas issued by the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI).

This country is based on the 1945 constitution and the basic law.

The fatwa against Ahmadiyah, and presumably the fatwas against other other Islamic sects, were based on a particular religious viewpoint, which the government should not heed, he said.

Adnan Buyung Nasution

A member of the Presidential Advisory Council, Adnan Buyung Nasution, …

Comment by Rob Baiton: … powers of the Majelis Ulema Indonesia. The MUI is …

Jewish Conspiracy

… Mas'oed Abidin, the chairman of the West Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Clerics' Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI) complained on 12th February that the celebration of Valentine's Day was proof that Indonesia was more and more subject to foreign, global culture.

We have to stop it, it's not appropriate in our culture.

The celebration of lover's day was proof that the youth of today had lost their love for Indonesia and its culture, he said.

In the original Republika …

Kontes Kecantikan Miss Indonesia

… banyak penolakan dalam beberapa pihak Muslim tertentu. Sejak awal perwakilan lokal dari Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) tidak menyetujui rencana tersebut, begitu juga dengan Golkar dan PKS. Ketua MUI Sumatra Selatan Drs KH Sodikun mengatakan:

"Grand final Miss Indonesia 2008 banyak maksiatnya sehingga kami khawatir akan mendatangkan musibah dan bala bencana."

Indonesia sudah dikenali sebagai Negara nomor dua untuk pornografi dan maksiat, ujarnya:

"Kalau bisa Sumsel tidak …

Miss Indonesia

… had aroused a lot of opposition in some Islamic circles. From the outset the local office of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) opposed it, as did the Golkar and Justice (PKS) parties. MUI chairman Drs KH Sodikun said:

There is a lot of sin in Miss Indonesia and we're worried that it will bring disaster.

Indonesia was already known as the number two country in the world for pornography and immorality, he said:

Let's keep South Sumatra out of it if possible.

Other parts of …

Ahmadiyyah

… Keagamaan, memutuskan pada tanggal 15 Januari untuk tidak melarang berdirinya Ahmadiyyah, walaupun Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) telah mengeluarkan fatwa yang menyatakan Ahmadiyah sebagai aliran sesat.

Guru bukan Nabi

Keputusan untuk tidak melarang Ahmadiyyah dibuat setelah para pemimpin aliran tersebut memberikan 12 pernyataan yang menyebutkan bahwa mereka mengakui Muhammad sebagai nabi terakhir dan bahwa Mirza Ghulam Ahmad hanyalah seorang guru.

Meskipun begitu, Bakorpakem …

Ahmadiyya

… said:

The Ahmadiyah organization is as heretical as Al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah.

And the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Ma'ruf Amin said Ahmadiyya's decision to acknowledge Muhammad as the final prophet was not enough to lift the fatwa from the group. Saying that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was simply a teacher could be interpreted in various ways, worried Maruf. republika

This article in Indonesian - Ahmadiyyah .

Pengampunan Pak Harto

… mengenai pencurian modal Negara telah diperbincangkan kembali.

Hidayat Nur Wahid

Ketua Majelis Perwakilan Rakyat (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid menekankan bahwa Soeharto harus tetap diadili, karena

"Undang-Undang Dasar menyebutkan Negara [Indonesia sebagai] Negara hukum."

Lain lagi dengan mantan jawara 'Reformasi' Amien Rais, beliau menganjurkan sebaiknya pemerintah dan masyarakat memaafkan Soeharto sepenuhnya, sekaligus mengakhiri segala kasus pidana maupun perdata …

Islam Lunak

… sebagai dalang dari kebanyakan kerusuhan yang telah terjadi, begitu juga dengan Hizb-ut-Tahrir dan Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) yang terkenal getol mengeluarkan fatwa.

Sebuah penyelidikan di tahun 2006 yang dapat dilihat disini, sini, sini, atau bahkan disini, menunjukkan bahwa satu dari sepuluh orang Indonesia mendukung penyerangan teroris, seperti pengeboman di Bali 2002, jika tindakan tersebut dimaksudkan untuk "melindungi agama [Islam]".

Setelah Soeharto jatuh, susunan …

Banning Islamic Sects

… asking for Ahmadiyah to be banned.

One member of the delegation, Amin Djamaludin, from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says the sect needs to be banned not because it is heretical but because the world leadership of Ahmadiyah intends to make Indonesia their base. He knows this because he read it in editions 12, 13, and 20 of "Al Fadhl International" in the year 2000, apparently a British magazine put out by Ahmadiyah.

But besides that he said the FUI had gathered a lot of proof …

Comment by Teng: … put into force the Majelis Ulama Indonesia’s (MUI) fatwa …

Pelarangan Sekte-sekte Islam

… agar Ahmadiyah segera ditutup.

Salah satu anggota dari delegasi tersebut, Amin Djamaludin dari Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), mengatakan bahwa Ahmadiyah harus dilarang bukan karena ajarannya sesat, namun karena pimpinan mancanegara Ahmadiyah hendak menjadikan Indonesia sebagai pusat kegiatannya. Beliau mengetahui hal ini dari "Al- Fadhl International" jilid 13, 14 dan 20 di tahun 2000, yakni sebuah majalah Ahmadiyah yang diterbitkan di Inggris.

Selain itu, ia juga menyatakan kalau FUI …

Pesta Tahun Baru

… tidaknya perayaan tahun baru di Indonesia.

Maksiat

Pada tanggal 16 Desember, Ketua Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) Amidan menyuarakan kekhawatirannya akan pesta-pesta tahun baru yang cenderung terlalu 'bebas' dan bahaya malam tahun baru yang mampu menjadi malam maksiat.

Pelarangan

Walaupun Amidan tidak menyetujui dilarangnya perayaan-perayaan tersebut, Zulfikar, seorang anggota PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera) mengatakan bahwa pemerintah biasa memberhentikan pesta-pesta …

New Year’s Eve Parties

Whether New Year's Eve parties are inappropriate in Indonesia.

Sin

On 16th December Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Amidan worried that New Year's Eve celebrations were often too "free" and that New Year's Eve would become known as a night of sin. detik

Ban

While Amidan didn't recommend banning such parties a member of the PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), Zulfikar, said the government could ban wild New Year's Eve parties, as long as they provided some …

Religious Intolerance

… not taking action against Ahmadiyah and other heretical sects, especially considering that the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) had declared Ahmadiyah to be beyond the pale two years ago. l6

Bogor

In Bogor, West Java on 12th December members of the Gerakan Umat Islam (GUI) protested outside the secretariat office of Ahmadiyah in the centre of Bogor, and shouted "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar".

Those inside the Ahmadiyah office had been pre-warned about the demonstration and they …

Comment by iamisaid: … that the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) had …

Bahai

… leaders. Four others refused to change back to Islam, while the seventh did not turn up. antara

Comment by ade wanto: … crystal clear MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia -an …