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Havana, NU OnlineOver 400 world notables, including eight Nobel prizewinners, urged the US Monday (8/8) to respect Cuba"s sovereignty, and condemned the threats against its territorial integrity. The document, "The Sovereignty of Cuba Must be Respected" conveys support to President Fidel Castro, who on July 31 provisionally delegated responsibilities due to his health condition.
Jakarta, NU OnlineThe former President of Indonesia KH Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid Monday (7/8) expected the House of Representatives to form such independent commission in order to examine all matters in Riau’s small islands following the sand selling conducted by irresponsible persons to overseas.
Beirut, NU OnlineHizbollah rockets killed 12 soldiers and at least three civilians in Israel on Sunday, the deadliest day of the war for Israel, as Lebanon rejected a draft U.N. resolution to end the 26-day-old conflict. Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon killed at least 19 civilians and a Lebanese soldier.
Jakarta, NU OnlineThe United Development Party faction (FPP) supported Monday (7/8) the edict (fatwa) issued by the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) that prohibits Muslims from broadcasting, publishing and watching infotainment news. Chairman of the FPP Endin AJ Soefihara said that the prospective verdict should be immediately socialized in society. “People need to respond to it positively because its aim is to stimulate critical culture,” said Endin in Jakarta.
Gaza Strip, NU OnlineTwo Palestinian teenaged siblings and two resistance fighters were killed in a new wave of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, officials said. Omar al-Nuri, 17, and his 15-year-old sister Kiffah were killed when the Israeli air forces fired a missile while they were trying to flee an Israeli tank near their house in the Egyptian border town of Rafah.
Tangeran, NU OnlineAnshor general front (Banser) was expected to be a vanguard of the continuation of Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja) principles following the mushrooming religious movements in the name of the Aswaja. “Banser can stand in the forefront to maintain and uphold the Aswaja from the undermining posed by ahlul fitnah wan jamaah line of thoughts,” said the leader of Islamic boarding “Pesantren” school Assidiqiyyah KH Nur Iskandar SQ while speaking at the North Jakarta’s Diklatsar III Satkorcab Banser in the pesantren Assidiqiyyah, Tangerang, Banten, Saturday (5/8).
Jakarta, NU OnlineGeneral chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi said Friday (4/8) that the existing legal system in Indonesia has made nation’s condition complicated as a result of a lot of irresponsible lawmaking bodies. “Many unclear institutions and commissions like this and that. If that happens, our (legal) system tends to lock. So if there were such problems, there was no one whose responsibility, that’s unclear. So there is no doubt that, the developing country of ours is not appropriate to the system,” Hasyim told NU Online in Jakarta, Friday.
Jakarta, NU OnlineA number of Islamic boarding “pesantren” schools in vulnerably regions of disaster will be trained to handle it caused by natural phenomena such as tectonic earthquake, volcanoes, typhoon and so on. To realize the program, the central board of Nahdlatul Ulama in cooperation with Australian Government Overseas Aid Program (AusAid) signed Thursday (3/8) a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in handling disaster based on community activity at the PBNU Building, Jln Kramat Raya 164 Jakarta.
Jakarta, NU OnlineChairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi said that reviewing of the constitution amendment was important. It could be such a means to evaluate its impacts both negatively and positively. He asked whether the amendment would improve the nation’s condition or not. Hasyim argued that it was a result of a National Ulema Meeting and Major Conference of NU in Surabaya last month. For him, the amended constitution has likely raised many problems. Nationalist circles including NU have reminded us to back to the purely 1945 Constitution.
Sleman, NU OnlineThe last 27 May’s 5.9 Richter Scale earthquake striking Indonesia’s regions of Yogyakarta and Central Java has left such a traumatic and painful event especially for child victims. There has been now 10 santris (those who studying in Islamic Boarding ”pesantren” School) living in the pesantren Mlangi, a religious institution supervised by KH RM Rifqi Aziz Maksum. All of the 10-year-old children have been enjoying studying in the pesantren and Ma’arif Junior High School, located in Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman.
Kendari, NU OnlineA color Qur’an was launched Sunday (30/7) at the Southeast Sulawesi’s governor office at an occasion of the 21st National Qur’anic Art Competition (MTQ). The color qur’an made in India is now in an Islamic Boarding “Pesantren” School Ummushabri, Kendari. Abdul Karim Aburaraera, Head of the National Conference of the MTQ explained, the color Qur’an was an innovative method as a guidance of recitation of the Qur’an correctly.
Beirut, NU OnlineHizbollah fired more rockets into Israel on Wednesday than on any previous day of the 22-day-old war, killing one Israeli and wounding 123 after helicopter-borne commandos launched Israel's deepest raid into Lebanon. Air strikes in support of the helicopter raid in the Hizbollah stronghold of Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon killed 19 people, including four children. Israeli helicopters were also seen hovering in the west of the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday.
