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Ahmadiyah prepares legal action against MUI
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bandung/Yogyakarta
With the support of noted Muslim scholars, the Ahmadiyah religious
group is determined to sue the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) over
last week's attack on its compound in Parung, Bogor, West Java.
The attackers, from the so-called Indonesian Muslim Solidarity group,
have publicly admitted that they were motivated by a controversial
fatwa issued in 1980 by the MUI, which declared the Indonesian
Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) to be a deviant Islamic group because it
does not recognize Muhammad as the last prophet.
JAI chairman Abdul Basit went to the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
(YLBHI) on Monday to report Friday's attack on the Ahmadiyah compound
and to ask it to help prepare legal measures against the MUI and the
attackers.
Basit was accompanied by Muslim scholar Dawam Rahardjo who represents
the People's Alliance for Freedom to Implement Religions.
Dawam said alliance members, including Azyumardi Azra, Salahuddin
Wahid, Ulil Absar Abdalla and other noted Muslim scholars, all gave
their backing to the legal action.
Basit said his group was demanding that the MUI annul its fatwa
widely blamed for inciting the violence against Ahmadiyah members.
Apart from that, JAI also wanted the attackers to face justice in
order to prevent more attacks on its members, currently numbering
some 200,000 across Indonesia.
The MUI should not have issued such a fatwa "because everyone has the
right to choose his/her own beliefs and to live without fear in the
country", he argued.
"With the latest violence inside our compound, I think the attackers
have considered themselves to be judges over others. They could even
dictate to security personnel (police) to follow their own laws,
leaving us with little hope that the case can be resolved.
"If the violence, intimidation and terrorism continue against
Muslims, how can this country protect its minority groups?" Basit
asked.
In Yogyakarta, MUI secretary-general Din Syamsuddin reiterated on
Monday that any tenet that recognizes any other prophet after
Muhammad goes against Islam.
"Our stance is clear, and I hope JAI will change its beliefs about
the Prophet Muhammad," said Din, who also chairs the country's second
largest Muslim organization Muhammadiyah.
Separately on Monday, Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said his
office was examining the teachings of Ahmadiyah to determine whether
they are against Islam or not.
Dawam, who was a cofounder of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals
Association (ICMI), said that all Muslims and security authorities
should not allow such violence to recur.
"We should not let this happen again. The attack has damaged the
relationships among Muslims, other religious worshipers and other
citizens," he said.
Friday's attack involved some 10,000 people grouped as the Indonesian
Muslim Solidarity group that vandalized and stoned JAI's compound
buildings as well as setting fire to the women's dormitory.
However, not one of the attackers were detained by police, even
though the violence sparked fears of possible attacks against other
Ahmadiyah members in other parts of Indonesia.
In the West Java capital of Bandung, more than 1,000 Ahmadiyah
followers sought police protection to secure their two mosques in the
Cikutra and Bojongloa areas.
They have also reduced their ritual activities at the mosques. "We
are worried about possible violence against us, and as citizens, we
have the right to seek protection from the security apparatus," said
local Ahmadiyah member Mansyur Ahmad.
The attack was condemned by Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Muslim
leaders, including those from Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU).
They said faith differences should not be resolved with violence.
Ahmadiyah was established in Pakistan in the 19th century by Mirza
Gulam Ahmad, though it did not take root in Indonesia until the
1980s.
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