Warningnya ini apa nggak telat? Lha wong sudah dijadikan political tool kok.
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Nahdlatul Ulama Chairman warns Governor Anies Baswedan ‘religion should not be
used as a political tool’
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Nahdlatul Ulama Chairman warns Governor Anies Baswedan 'religion should ...
"Religion used for the sake of politics is an insult to religion itself, an
insult to the glory of religion.”
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By Coconuts Jakarta Nov. 14, 2017
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan speaking to members of the hardline Islamic
Defenders Front (FPI) during his campaign on Jan 2, 2017. FPI leader Rizieq
Shihab is sitting to his right. Photo: Dokumentasi Tim Anies Baswedan
Many would say that the politicized accusations of blasphemy against former
Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama were the deciding factor in
Anies Baswedan’s victory in this year’s gubernatorial election. Since he was
inaugurated last month, Anies has talked about overturning many of Ahok’s
policies that Islamic hardliners complained were discriminatory against
Muslims, such as a ban on the sale and slaughter of sacrificial animals on the
streets and a regulation preventing religious activities from taking place at
the National Monument (Monas).
Speaking about Anies’ plans to overturn the ban on religious activities at
Monas, Said Aquil Siradj, the general chairman of Indonesia’s and the world’s
largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, warned the governor to not change
the law simply for political purposes.
“If it has a political background or targets, that is what I am talking about.
Religion should not be used as a political tool,” Said said yesterday as quoted
by Merdeka.
The highly respected scholar said that if Anies executed the policy purely to
score political points, then that could be considered a blasphemous act.
“Religion used for the sake of politics is an insult to religion itself, an
insult to the glory of religion,” Said said.
However, the NU chairman said that he would support Anies overturning the
regulation set up by his predecessor if it was sincerely meant for religious
purposes, and was done not just in the interests of one religion but gave all
faiths equal treatment.
Ahok’s ban on religious activities at Monas, passed in 2015, simply solidified
previous governmental decrees from 1994 and 2004 prohibiting religious,
commercial and political events from taking place at the symbolic site.
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On December 2, 2016, a massive hardliner-organized protest against Ahok
involving over 200,000 people took place in Monas after police allowed them to
perform prayers inside the national monument’s park due to concerns that the
protesters might cause chaos if they were kept on the streets.
After Anies failed to attend the anniversary event for another anti-Ahok on
November 2, Eggy Sudjana, lawyer to infamous Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)
leader Rizieq Shihab, lamented, “Do not let it be that the when the Muslims who
supported him sincerely need his presence, he does not come. It means he was
just using us.”
