Saturday, 30, July, 2005 (23, Jumada al-Thani, 1426)
Indonesian Muslim Body Forbids Liberal Islam
Reuters
JAKARTA, 30 July 2005 - Indonesia's top Islamic council
issued a religious edict yesterday forbidding any liberal interpretation of
Islam in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
"Religious liberalism is haram (forbidden)," said a fatwa, or
doctrine, issued by the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) and seen by Reuters.
"This is a reminder for Muslims to follow the religion in a
correct way and not to try to deviate from the principles," Ma'aruf Amin, chief
the MUI's Fatwa Commission, told Reuters.
Another fatwa banned inter-religious marriages in Indonesia
where 85 percent of its 220 million follow Islam.
There is widespread debate in Indonesia over inter-religious
marriages with some clerics saying Muslim men can marry non-Muslim women.
But Amin said the MUI had decided to ban such marriages "for
the sake of Indonesian Muslims".
"This is the strongest view at the MUI and we are doing this
to improve the religion quality of the Muslim," Amin added.
The fatwas underlined the growing influence of hardliners in
Indonesia, where most Muslims embrace a moderate form of Islam.
Indonesia is officially secular and recognizes Christianity
and other religions.
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