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Slamet Effendy Yusuf: NU should not be involved in a certain politcal party
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Slamet Effendy Yusuf: NU should not be involved in a certain politcal party

Jakarta, NU Online Former General Chairman of the Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor) who is also a top politician of Golkar party Slamet Effendi Yusuf said the Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) should not involve in a certain political party. "The (political) party is a 'warehouse' of conflicts and the conflicts most of the time tend to have worse consequences than a mere difference," Slamet addressed a monthly meeting taking up issues on implementation of khittah (principle) of Nahdliyyah post-reform political practices in the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU)'s headquarters in Jakarta on Friday (28/3) evening.

Marines stand trial for brutal shooting incident in Pasuruan
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Marines stand trial for brutal shooting incident in Pasuruan

Surabaya, NU Online Thirteen marines went on trial at the Surabaya tribunal Wednesday on murder charges for their alleged involvement in the shooting to death of four villagers in Alas Tlogo, Pasuruan, East Java, last May. During the trial, presided by Lt. Col. Akhmad Mulyana, military prosecutors in their indictment said the defendants had opened fire on a group villagers protesting the illegal appropriation of their land, leaving four dead and eleven others injured. The prosecutors said the defendants could be punished with up to 12 years imprisonment and dismissed from the military service, according to Military Codes.

Dutch anti-Islam film meets with heavy criticism
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Dutch anti-Islam film meets with heavy criticism

The Hague, NU Online Criticism from home and abroad of Dutch opposition lawmaker Geert Wilders' anti-Islam film grew Friday after Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende appeared on television to distance the government from the film. Balkenende spoke shortly after the film, Fitna - in which Wilders draws links between terrorist acts by Muslim extremists and the words of the Koran - was posted on the www.liveleak.com website Thursday evening. In the run-up to the film's release, Wilders had described the Koran as a "fascist book" that incites people to violence.

Muhaimin`s refusal not meant to challenge Gus Dur
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Muhaimin`s refusal not meant to challenge Gus Dur

Jakarta, NU Online Vice secretary general of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Helmi Faisal Zaini said Muhaimin Iskandar`s refusal to resign from his position as party chairman as requested by last Wednesday`s party executive board meeting did not mean Iskandar was challenging the authority of the chairman of the PKB`s advisory board, Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur. "Iskandar will never challenge Abdurrahman Wahid," Zaini said here Friday (28/3). According to Zaini, there were several reasons for Iskandar`s stance. One of them was that the decision of the executive board meeting to ask him to resign as party chairman was groundless and merely intended to remove the PKB chairman elected by the party congress in Semarang.

East Java’s NU to ban using NU attributes
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East Java’s NU to ban using NU attributes

Surabaya, NU Online The Nahdlatul Ulama Regional Branch Board of East Java has warned all NU branch boards, institutions, and autonomous bodies through out the province not to make advantage of any attributes and symbols using the name of NU. The ban is part of the neutrality of the NU in upcoming gubernatorial election as well as maintaining what called as khittah (organization principles). The ban was issued through a letter of instruction No 162/PW/A-I/L/III/2008 on 15 March and signed by the Rais Syuriah (chairman of law making body) of East Java’s NU KH Miftachul Akhyar and Chairman of the East Java’s NU KH Ali Maschan Moesa—before declaring himself to run with Soenarjo in the province’s first-ever gubernatorial election.

PKB dismisses Muhaimin Iskandar as party chairman
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PKB dismisses Muhaimin Iskandar as party chairman

Jakarta, NU Online The National Awakening Party (PKB) will hold an extraordinary congress to appoint a new party chairman after Muhaimin Iskandar was removed from the position at a plenary meeting of the party`s central executive board on Wednesday night, a party official said. "Based on Article 23 of the party`s internal rules, a congress-appointed chairman can only be substituted by someone who is also elected through a congress. Therefore, the PKB has to hold an extraordinary congress (to replace Muhaimin)," former PKB associate chairman Muhammad Mahfud MD said here on Thursday (27/3).

Dutch PM sends letter to NU related to Fitna film
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Dutch PM sends letter to NU related to Fitna film

Jakarta, NU Online The Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has sent a letter to the General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi related to the imminent broadcast of an anti-Islam film entitled ‘Fitna’ made by a far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. The letter was delivered by the First Secretary of Dutch Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Kofman to the Jakarta’s PBNU headquarters on Wednesday (26/3).

Newly passed law banning online pornography 'needs clear definition'
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Newly passed law banning online pornography 'needs clear definition'

Jakarta, NU Online Failure to provide clear definitions in a new law banning online pornography will hamper its enforcement, the government is being warned. Legislator Abdullah Azwar Anas of the National Awakening Party (PKB) said the government must clearly define the terms "immorality" and "pornography" contained in the law on information and electronic transactions passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday (25/3).