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Penang, NU Online The top Islamic council in Malaysia first banned women from wearing trousers, and now they are banning yoga. The council fears yoga and trousers may lead girls to lesbianism. According to this Muslim group, whoever wears trousers and practices yoga is more likely to become a lesbian.
Jakarta, NU Online The Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nurwahid supports the passing of the Anti-Pornography bill, saying it is not aimed at disrupting the arts and cultural tradition. "This is not a legislation aimed to destruct artistic creativity, nor traditional and customary apparel," Nurwahid told Kompas.com Thursday morning.
Bandung, NU Online A number of leaders of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in Indonesia will reportedly stay in the United States for two weeks. They are scheduled to visit some 11 schools in the country. Their visit is part of the East-West Center program and is designed to boost mutual understanding between the US and Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country.
Brebes, NU Online In oder to have such similar viewpoint in dealing with assistance, Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) should importantly be trained on the importance of technical guide. In turn the state budget for pesantren can be allocated based on their needs and responsibility. Chairman of the Brebes NU Branch Board H Athoillah made the remarks following the statement of Religious Affairs Minister Maftuh Basyuni over the weekend on the state's budget allocated to pesantren.
Jakarta, NU Online Two contentious issues have once again held up deliberations of the presidential election bill, leaving the way open for legislators to pass the bill through a vote. The most controversial issue concerns the threshold -- the minimum percentage of House seats a party or coalition requires to be able to nominate its own presidential candidate.
Jakarta, NU Online The House of Representatives and the government were seen too slow in settling the bill on pornography, as deliberations had not been too successful. The Alliance of the United Development Party`s Autonomous Body in its release issued on Thursday urged the House and the government to immediately pass bill into law not later than by the end of this month.
Jakarta, NU Online Chairman of the Central Noard of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Abbas Muin called on Nahdliyin (NU followers) to have such long-term orientation in strengthening their competitiveness with others. "Yet it's necessary to change our way of thinking and stay patient from any ambition to reach results," he said told reporters at the PBNU headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Observers are warning the 2009 legislative elections could fail because of the poor performance by the General Elections Commission (KPU) in preparing the national event. At a discussion here Wednesday, members of the Coalition of the Election Monitoring Society, a group of NGOs, criticized the commission for not meeting schedules and for enforcing election regulations inconsistently.
Cairo, NU Online Egyptian intellectual Dr. Hassan Hanafi greatly appreciated the books written by NU young cadres. The books written in Indonesian language were entitled "Rekonstruksi Disiplin Keilmuan Islam (The Reconstruction of Islamic Scientific Discipline)" and "Liberasi Abad Kegelapan: Potret Ulama Raksasa Era Skolastik yang Terlupakan (The Dark Age Liberation: The Portrait of Neglected Great Ulema of the Scholastic Era)".
Jakarta, NU Online National Defense Forces (TNI) Commander General Djoko Santoso said here on Tuesday elements of Malaysia`s armed forces were still frequently committing territotial violations in Ambalat. Speaking at a working meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I which was also attended by Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono, he said at several meetings with Indonesia, Malaysia was continuing to claim the block as part of its territory.
Jakarta, NU Online More than a hundred geologists from noted universities around the world, including Indonesia, on Tuesday began a two-day international conference in London to discuss the mudflow phenomenon in Sidoarjo, East Java, an Indonesian participant, Sunaryo Suradi, said. He said Richard Davies, a geologist from Durham University in London had initiated the conference on "Subsurface Sediment Remobilization and Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins" to professionally discuss the mudflow in Sidoarjo based on the latest data.
Pati, NU Online The rector assistant of the Demak's Sultan Fatah University Abdurrahman Kasdi said that NU's legislative candidates should take into account of the importance of moral integrity. "Let's not hope the NU's hopefuls to involve in negative cases capable of damaging image," said Kasdi at a discussion held by local NU students association at the Pati's NU headquarters over the weekend.
