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Movie tapping national religious pride in Indonesia
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Movie tapping national religious pride in Indonesia

Jakarta, NU Online A movie drawing record numbers of Indonesians is not a Hollywood blockbuster, but a local love story that is tapping national religious pride in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. For many, “Verses of Love” offers a remedy to Islam’s battered image following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with the handsome, young protagonist trying to remain true to his faith as he watches his seemingly idyllic life crash down around him.

Kiai Muchit supports its author to be charged
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Kiai Muchit supports its author to be charged

Jember, NU Online The controversy over the book entitled "Ex-NU Cleric Calls Shalawat&Dzikir would not likely come to the end. The figure of the Advisory Council of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), KH Muchit Muzadi supported plans of the Law and Human Rights Council of the Natioanl Awakening Party (PKB) file lawsuit against its author, H Mahrus Ali.   Kiai Muchit said the lawsuit filed against Mahrus was a brilliant measure to make him "cry". The NU Online's Aryudi A Razaq reported Tuesday (18/3).

The birth of Prophet (PBUH) to whip up prophetic spirit
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The birth of Prophet (PBUH) to whip up prophetic spirit

It is reasonable enough if Salahuddin Al Ayyubi celebrated the commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW to whip up the spirit of jihad against crusaders. It is a fact that through the commemoration he could fuel Muslims moral to get triumphs in any battles. The sunnah or tradition pioneered by the Muslim hero has till now continuously reverberated in every corner of Muslim countries. Unfortunately, there have been some Islamic groups both forbidding and regarding the tradition as a heresy because they have had no whispering fight spirit and suggested the fight is not important. But Muslim majority especially Sunni would always hold firmly on the tradition preserved in entire Muslim countries. Its voice has reverberated up to now in any forms, including religious sermon and even recited ballads, praises and poetries could reverberate the Throne of God (arasy). For the commemoration has become a tradition so if has its own logic. As the procession that can no longer be put aside so it is understandable if the Republic of Indonesia has settled the Maulid Nabi as holiday.

Hasyim: Regional elections deprave nation's political moral
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Hasyim: Regional elections deprave nation's political moral

Lamongan, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi has likely stood firm with his ideas in dealing with the abolition of direct regional elections system that he considered to have depraved the nation's political moral. "And NU followers as the biggest mass in Indonesia tend to have been victims. That is why the regional direct elections should be abolihed," Hasyim addressed a commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW and 59TH Haul of KH Musthofa at Pesantren Tarbiyatut Tholabah, Lamongan, East Java on Sunday (16/3).

Hasyim: Regional elections deprave nation's political moral
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Hasyim: Regional elections deprave nation's political moral

Lamongan, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi has likely stood firm with his ideas in dealing with the abolition of direct regional elections system that he considered to have depraved the nation's political moral. "And NU followers as the biggest mass in Indonesia tend to have been victims. That is why the regional direct elections should be abolihed," Hasyim addressed a commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW and 59TH Haul of KH Musthofa at Pesantren Tarbiyatut Tholabah, Lamongan, East Java on Sunday (16/3).

It's like Indonesian term "throw a stone, hide the hand"
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It's like Indonesian term "throw a stone, hide the hand"

Surabaya, NU Online The absence of H Mahrus Ali (the author of a book entitled "Ex-NU Cleric calls Shalawat & Dzikir as Syirik") at the Wednesday's open debate held in Sunan Ampel High Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Surabaya, East Java has admitted or not made public upset. the former Rais Syuriah (law making body) of Japan's Nahdlatul Ulama Special Branch Board, Agus Zaenal Arifin said, Mahrus' childish not to come to the academic debate was like an Indonesian term 'melempar batu sembunyi tangan' (throw a stone, hide the hand) for having no courage to be responsible for his stance.

Qatar's Indonesian ambassador to attend dedication of Catholic church in Qatar
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Qatar's Indonesian ambassador to attend dedication of Catholic church in Qatar

Doha, NU Online Indonesian ambassador to Qatar Rozy Munir recently attended the dedication of the Catholic “Our Lady of the Rosary” Church in Mesaimeer, Doha. On the occasion, Rozy said the establishment of the first church would pave the way for inter-religious dialogue in the country. Rozy explained that the establishment would be such a medium of the importance of mutual understanding among religious adherents and be medium of inter-religious communication campaigning the message “peace, prosperity, and tolerance.” NU Online's contributor in Doha Ahmad Sudrajat reported.

Muslim nations mull taking legal measures for slights against Islam
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Muslim nations mull taking legal measures for slights against Islam

Dakar, NU Online The Muslim world has created a battle plan to defend its religion from political cartoonists and bigots. Concerned about what they see as a rise in the defamation of Islam, leaders of the world's Muslim nations meeting at a summit in Senegal are considering legal action against those who slight their religion or its sacred symbols. It was a key issue during a two-day summit that ended Friday in the Senegalese capital.