PB Alkhairat Palu Confident, MUI's Prestige Is Still Maintained After Its Former Management Was Involved In Terrorism Cases

PALU - The executive board of Alkhairat Palu, Central Sulawesi Province, said the authority of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was maintained after the arrest of a former Central MUI board member for allegedly being involved in terrorism.

"It is known that AZA's status has been deactivated in the Central MUI management," said the General Chair of the Alkhairat board, Habib Ali Bin Muhammad Aldjufri, who was met in Palu, Antara, Monday, November 22. In principle, Alkhairaat wants security and order from things that can defame the organization of the association of scholars and the Islamic religion itself. Because Islam is a religion of salam or a religion that carries a message of peace. Alkhairaat also referred to the decision taken by the Central MUI. "I urge the Abnaulkhairaat and the general public not to speculate on anything in the incident, until there is proper legal evidence," said Ali. at least it will be a lesson and a note for MUI in the future. "There is no one who has never made a mistake, we will use this as a test for MUI," said Sofyan who was contacted in Palu.

Sofyan also regretted that there were parties calling for the hashtag to dissolve MUI. Because so far no other state institution or institution has expected this. The chairman of the MUI in Palu City, Zainal Abidin, emphasized that the call to disband the gathering place for Islamic organizations that have been synergizing with the government since 1975 does not have a strong reason.

"The collaboration built with the government in fostering the people has been going on for a long time and is going well. If it is related that there are individuals within the MUI organization who are suspected of carrying out actions that are contrary to the constitution, I don't think the institution is at fault, but the person," said Zainal who is also a professor at the University. State Islam (UIN) Palu. He also said that all people should continue to prioritize the principle of the presumption of innocence, because until now the person concerned has not received a verdict on the alleged case. So until now MUI has temporarily disabled membership. "Eradicating such elements does not have to be by disbanding the institution," he said. It is known that three suspected terrorists with the initials AZA, FAO, and AA, were arrested by the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 of the National Police Anti-terror on November 16, 2021 in Bekasi, West Java.