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Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia said Tuesday it would block access to YouTube unless the video-sharing Web site removes an anti-Muslim film by a Dutch lawmaker within 48 hours. Communications and Information Minister Mohammad Nuh said the government sent a letter to the site informing it of its demand on Tuesday (1/4).
Jambi, NU Online Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Regional Board of Jambi Qadir Husein said here Tuesday (1/4) that as a religious organization, NU was expected not to be used as such medium to pursue political interests. Rather, he said, NU should focus more on people services. He made the statement following the involvement of NU cadres in any elections. He then called on Nahdliyin (NU followers) to deal with political education through any activities.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesian Muslims called Tuesday (1/4) for the death of a Dutch politician for making a film that alleges Islam is an inspiration for violence. The demands came at a protest outside the Dutch Embassy in the capital, Jakarta.
Jakarta, NU Online A controversial discussion late last week on homosexuality spilled over Monday as mainstream religious organizations claimed homosexuality was a psychological disorder, not a natural behavior given by God. Comments by several progressive Muslim scholars last week that the dominance of heterogeneity was a social construction spurred mainstream religious organization of all denominations to clarify that its roots were in the word of God.
Pesisir Selatan, NU Online Nahdliyin (NU followers) should stand guard against any movements posing threats to the teachings of Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja) in Indonesia. To meet their goal, the movement allegedly financed by foreign donors have increasingly launched their more systematic approaches. The remark was made by Secretary of Advisory Board of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhyidin Arubusman before some 200 ulemas at a meeting of the Ulema Forum of Aswaja in Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra province on Monday (31/3).
Pesisir Selatan, NU Online Nahdliyin (NU followers) should stand guard against any movements posing threats to the teachings of Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja) in Indonesia. To meet their goal, the movement allegedly financed by foreign donors have increasingly launched their more systematic approaches. The remark was made by Secretary of Advisory Board of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhyidin Arubusman before some 200 ulemas at a meeting of the Ulema Forum of Aswaja in Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra province on Monday (31/3).
Jakarta, NU Online The Educational Institution of Ma'arif NU and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) of Jermany would strengthen cooperation on education having been running for the last five years. The cooperation would next be focused on increasing educational quality in especially vocational high schools (SMK). The statement was made by the Director of HSF in Indonesia Christian J Hegemer following his meeting with the General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi in the PBNU's headquarters in Jakarta on Monday (31/3).
Makkah, NU Online Riyadh Governor Prince Salman ibn Abdul Aziz will launch on Saturday a project to develop an encyclopedia on the annual Haj pilgrimage and the Haram Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Fahd Al-Simari, secretary-general of the King Abdulaziz Museum, who is heading the project, said the encyclopedia would shed light on the Haj from religious, social, cultural and economic perspectives. Al-Simari said that Prince Salman would also be opening an exhibition on King Abdulaziz and Makkah at the event, prepared by the King Abdulaziz Museum.
Jakarta, NU Online Rais Syuriah (chairman of lawmaking body) of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Ma'ruf Amin said that whatever its reason homosexuality was not permissible in Islam. "The homosexuality is more than sexual acts outside of marriage," Ma'ruf told NU Online here on Monday (31/3).
Kuala Lumpur, NU Online Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad urged the world's 1.3 billion Muslims to boycott Dutch products following the release of an anti-Islam movie by a maverick anti-immigrant lawmaker, a news report said Sunday. His government, meanwhile, joined the international community in strongly condemning the 15-minute film, calling it disrespectful and insensitive.
Jakarta, NU Online The dismissal of Muhaimin Iskandar as the National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman will disrupt the party's internal consolidation process ahead of next year's elections, a former party executive said Friday (28/3). Lukman Edy, a former PKB deputy secretary and the current state minister for disadvantaged regions, said he was disappointed with the party's decision to remove his political ally, Muhaimin.
Amsterdam, NU Online A Dutch legislator's film that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at Western democracy prompted denunciations from Muslim capitals and street protests in Pakistan, but a restrained reaction from Dutch Muslims who had expected worse. The 15-minute film entitled "Fitna," an Arabic word meaning"ordeal," by anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders was posted on a Web site late Thursday.
