Minister Of Religion: Shooting At The Central MUI Office Of Individual Action Salah Learning Religion

Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas when opening the 2023 Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies (AICIS) at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, East Java, Tuesday (2/5/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Humas UINSA)

Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas said the shooting incident at the Central Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Office in Jakarta was not an act of terrorism, but an individual act that was wrong in studying religion.

"I believe this is an act of individuals who have wrongly studied religion or people who misunderstand their religion," said Yaqut after the opening of the 2023 Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies (AICIS) at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, East Java, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 2.

The Minister of Religion hopes that the police will thoroughly process the incident even though the perpetrator has died.

"The authorities still have to process and investigate the background of the incident so that such actions do not happen again," he said.

Yaqut also believes that all religions in the world always teach peace and love between creatures, not violence and conflict that makes the world's atmosphere tense.

The Central MUI office on Jalan Proclamation, Central Jakarta, was shot by Mustopa, a resident of Pesawaran, Lampung.

Deputy Secretary General (Wasekjen) MUI Arif Fahrudin said that before the shooting incident, the perpetrator had indeed visited the Central MUI Office twice. The glass of the Central MUI office building was broken and scattered.

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin said the 60-year-old perpetrator had died. Investigators found evidence of an airsoft gun.