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Semarang, NU Online Scores of clerics attending a NU ulema meeting at Edi Mancoro Islamic boarding school (pesantren), Tuntang, Semarang, Monday called on NU political hopefuls to comply with the nine political guidelines. The clerics considered those NU cadres involving themselves in practical politics, in fact, tended to put aside what expected by the Nahdliyin-based organization.
Surabaya, NU Online General chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi said the Ulema National Awakening Party (PKNU) had four strengths that are not possessed by many other political parties. "If the four strengths are maximized they would be such an extraordinary power," Hasyim addressed a great meeting of PKNU across East Java at Jatim Expo Surabaya Tuesday.
Mataram, NU Online The government will stop donating rice to hundreds of followers of an Islamic sect taking refuge in shelters in West Nusa Tenggara for the past three years, an official said Monday. The head of the province’s social services agency, Bachruddin, said the Social Services Ministry would only allocate the rice for victims of natural disasters, not for Ahmadiyah followers.
Jakarta, NU Online The Indonesian and Syrian governments have agreed to urge the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to issue a "more effective and stronger" resolution to stop Israeli attacks on Palestine. "If the existing resolution is ineffective, the UN Security Council should issue a stronger and more effective one to stop the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a ceasefire," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at a joint press conference with visiting Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otri at the State Palace here on Monday.
Salatiga, NU Online Three hundred Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) clerics are coming together at Edi Mancoro, an Islamic boarding school in Salatiga, to discuss the upcoming legislative elections. School founder Mahfud Ridwan said the one-day meeting followed growing concerns among the clerics about possible conflicts between supporters of different parties or within parties and the potentially widespread vote-buying which parties or candidates might engage in.
Bandung, NU Online Around 100 people from the Islamic Reform Movement sealed off a house Friday afternoon alleged to be the center of a sect preaching alternative Islamic teachings. The group took action following their Friday prayers at a nearby mosque.
United Nations, NU Online U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Israel`s prime minister on Friday he was disappointed that a Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza had so far been ignored. In a telephone call to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Ban "expressed disappointment that the violence is continuing on the ground in disregard of yesterday`s Security Council resolution," U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said.
Surabaya, NU Online Expressing doubt about the neutrality of the provincial polling body (KPUD), governor hopeful Khofifah Indar Parawansa called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Home Ministry to elect new KPUD members to ensure alleged bias in the previous vote does not overlap onto the upcoming revote and recount in Sampang and Bangkalan regencies. Khofifah's team of lawyers said in Surabaya on Thursday that their client was no longer confident the KPUD could stage a fair revote in Pamekasan, citing their track record in the previous two rounds, which were declared rigged by the Supreme Court.
Liberal democracy that brought many problems during the 1850s has now been readopted by the state as the most ideal political system. The first matter is not to do with the nature of multi-party democracy in which every person regardless of their clear aims and purposes deserves to establish a political party. Though they are in the same stand and ideology, they tend to establish their own political organization. Even from a party whose the same ideology, because they are worried about their short-term interest, they, again and again, would establish their own party. In the liberal system, people no longer think about collectiveness instead of thinking about ideology. They would do whatever they want so that they can easily establish their own party without considering the importance of its aims and objectives. At this point, political parties have been regarded work places promising enormous benefits. That is why the establishment of a party is commonly driven by such willingness rather than manifestation of the people's struggle in building a better nation/state.
Surabaya, NU Online The Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has called on ulema all over the world to take firm measures in dealing with the Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. At this point, the organization has sent its official letter to all ulema of the NU initiated-International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) around the world.
Surabaya, NU Online The Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has called on ulema all over the world to take firm measures in dealing with the Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. At this point, the organization has sent its official letter to all ulema of the NU initiated-International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) around the world.
Yogyakarta, NU Online Former President of Indonesia Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said Palestine and Israel should come to the negotiation table to stop their military conflict. "Palestine and Israel need to enter into negotiations. Otherwise, the Palestinian people will be wiped out because Israel`s war machine is more sophisticated than Palestine`s," Gus Dur said here on Thursday.
