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Jakarta, NU Online Results from a recent survey indicate that the majority of Indonesian Muslims are tolerant toward other religions and reject the imposition of religious bylaws but believe that bombings will continue to be a threat in the future. Pollster Indo Barometer conducted the survey in May this year to determine Indonesian Muslims' opinions on terrorism and religious tolerance in their own country.
Tehran, NU Online Iran's chief nuclear negotiator told major powers on Thursday that talks, not more sanctions, offered the only way forward for resolving an escalating standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear program . But the United States said the best way to settle the dispute was for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment, which Washington and its allies fear is aimed at producing a nuclear bomb, and urged Tehran to change its "confrontational course."
Jakarta, NU Online Opposition continues to mount over the government's plan to build a nuclear power plant near Mount Muria in the northern part of Central Java. The government expects to hold a tender for the project next year, before construction commences in 2010. The 4,000 megawatt plant is expected to supply two percent of the country's total energy demand by 2017.
Sports, moreover that being as a great event, would absolutely close to possible political nuances. Even the sports originally aimed at cultivating nations’ relationship and promoting peace has been run as arena for political debates in nature. It can be seen on how an organizing nation prepare excellent management dealing with the great event. For participating nations, the oldest surviving international football competition in the world is to show their own sports power ratings. By the fact, we have most of the time seen the support and boycotts over the sporting event. Even, during the Cold War’s Olympic there had been two blocs; western and eastern bloc using the occasion to organize mass boycotts one another. The similar scene was also found in football zones based on political considerations. The dispute between Arab and Israel has made a nation occupying Palestine of Asian Continent, places its sports in the European Zone. While Australia closing to Asia, because of political frictions, has placed its sports in the Carribean.
Islamabad, NU Online Lord Nazir Ahmed, a Labour member of the House of Lords has said the British government took an appalling decision by conferring the title of 'Sir' on apostate Salman Rushdie. He told Pakistan state-run television on phone that it was not in the interest of British government to hurt the feelings of Muslims.
Jakarta, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi has expressed his anger over the government's lack of attention to the mudflow victims. He suggested that so far the government had no seriousness to handle the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, while at the same time "the victims' fate have remained unclear."
Jakarta, NU Online After working hard for about one year, finally the NU-styled module of disaster prevention basing on pesantren and community finished at a Bandung's third workshop on 18-20 June. Program Manager of the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Nahdlatul Ulama (CBDRMNU) Avianto Muhtadi explained that the concept of the NU’s disaster handlin
Jakarta, NU Online The House of Representatives (DPR) is quite serious and not playing a game in wanting to use its interpellation right on the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, a legislator said. Suharso Manoarfa, secretary of the United Development Party (PPP) faction in the House was responding to a statement on the House`s interpllation move by Sonny Pudjisasono, chairman of the Lapindo Victims Alliance.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesian experts scrambled Wednesday to deal with a massive water spray gushing from the ground near a "mud volcano" of toxic sludge on Indonesia's Java island. Ahmad Zulkarnain, the spokesman for the government team handling the disaster, said that the five-metre (16-feet) high spray began before dawn on Saturday at a restaurant in Jatirejo village, near the mudflow area.
Jakarta, NU Online The Honorary Council of the House of Representatives is scheduled to cross-examine former fisheries and maritime affairs minister Rokhmin Dahuri and two other suspects in connection with the flow of troubled funds from the fisheries ministry to the House. Deputy chairman of the Honorary Council, Gayus Lumbuun, said Tuesday that Rokhmin and the two suspects would testify before the council on Thursday to further identify the recipients of the ministry funds totaling Rp 4.2 billion (US$503,000).
Jakarta, NU Online Former vice presidential candidate KH Hasyim Muzadi said here Monday that that the money amounting to Rp. 10 million he had received from the former Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Rokhmin Dahuri was absolutely halal and was nothing to do with the DKP non-budgetary funds. "The money is halal. I would not submit it," Hasyim said, adding that if he submitted it, he could be accused of having received the corrupted money.
Jakarta, NU Online Vice President Jusuf Kalla has reiterated his wariness toward the application of Western-style democracy in Indonesia. Speaking before a visiting delegation from the Netherlands-based Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) on Monday, Kalla said the application of Western democracy in Indonesia would create injustice and inequality.
